Maria Theresia, geb. 1772#

b. Naples (Italy), June 6, 1772, d. Vienna, April 13, 1807, cousin and 2nd wife of Emperor Franz II (I), mother of 12 children (all subsequent Habsburg rulers were her descendants; Emperor Ferdinand I was her son, Emperor Franz Joseph I her grandson); highly musical, sometimes sang at Court concerts. L. van Beethoven dedicated his Septet in E-flat to her and J. Haydn his "Theresienmass".