Princess Matilde d'Este
| Matilde d'Este | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 February 1729 Genoa, Italy |
| Died | 14 November 1803 (aged 74) Treviso, Italy |
| Burial | Convent of the Visitation, Venice |
| Names Matilde d'Este | |
| Father | Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena |
| Mother | Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans |
Matilde d'Este[1] (February 7, 1729 – November 14, 1803) was a Modenese princess by birth. She was the daughter of Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans.
Biography
Matilde was born in Genoa, the second daughter and fifth child of Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, the sovereign Duke of Modena and his wife, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Valois — a granddaughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.[2] Her mother separated from her father in the 1740s after an affair with the Duke of Richelieu was discovered at the Modenese court. Exiled to France, Charlotte Aglaé still managed to arrange the marriages of her daughters. Her eldest sister Maria Teresa married her second cousin, the Duke of Penthièvre. Her younger sister, Maria Fortunata also married a cousin of theirs, Louis François Joseph de Bourbon, heir to the Prince of Conti. However, all marriage negotiations for Matilde failed.
After the death of her sister Maria Teresa in 1754, her mother tried to arrange a marriage between Matilde and her sister's widower. However, the grieving Duke declined the offer and never remarried. Matilde would also remain unmarried. She died in 1803 and was interred in the chapel of the Convent of the Visitation in Venice. Two of her siblings, Ercole III of Modena and Maria Fortunata, are also buried there.
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Princess Matilde d'Este[3]
- 16. Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena
- 8. Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
- 17. Isabella of Savoy
- 4. Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena
- 18. Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina
- 9. Lucrezia Barberini
- 19. Anna Colonna
- 2. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
- 20. George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
- 10. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
- 21. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 5. Charlotte of Brunswick
- 22. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern
- 11. Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate
- 23. Anne Gonzaga
- 1. Matilde d'Este
- 24. Louis XIII of France
- 12. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- 25. Anne of Austria
- 6. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
- 26. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
- 13. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
- 27. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
- 3. Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans
- 28. Louis XIII of France (= 24)
- 14. Louis XIV of France
- 29. Anne of Austria (= 25)
- 7. Françoise Marie de Bourbon
- 30. Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart
- 15. Madame de Montespan
- 31. Diane de Grandseigne
References
- Back to citation "Mémoires sur les relations politiques des Princes Chrétiens, et particulièrement des Rois de France, avec les Empereurs Mongols". www.degruyterbrill.com. doi:10.1163/9789004192560.ht-776. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- Back to citation Journal de la vie de S.A.S. madame la Dsse. d'Orléans, douairière
- Back to citation Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 86.