(by Bernhard von Guérard, 1810)
Early life Born at the
Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 1 March 1798, Clementina was the third surviving daughter of
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Emperor Francis I of Austria after the
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and his wife
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Maria Clementina was a younger sister of
Marie Louise, Empress of the French,
Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, and
Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil. She was also an older sister of
Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony,
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria.
Marriage , 1816) Maria Clementina married her mother's younger brother,
Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies,
Prince of Salerno, on 28 July 1816 at the
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He was the youngest son of
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria. From their four children, only a daughter survived to adulthood,
Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies, who on 25 November 1844, in
Naples, married her paternal first cousin
Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale. Henri was the fourth (and second-youngest) surviving son of
King Louis-Philippe of France and his wife
Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. Henri and Maria Clementina were also first cousins as both of their mothers were sisters. Through their daughter, Clementina and Leopoldo had seven grandchildren, two of whom reached adulthood. However, neither of these grandchildren married or produced children of their own.
Death Maria Clementina died on 3 September 1881 at the
Château de Chantilly in France, the residence of her widowed son-in-law, Duke Henri. She was eighty-three years old, having outlived all her descendants. Maria Clementina was buried in the
Royal Chapel at Dreux, France. ==Issue and family==