, 1900Maria Teresa's husband succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June 1905. For many years, Maria Teresa had poor health. As the climate in Sigmaringen was not suitable for her constitution, she lived mostly in
Bad Tölz (in the summers) and
Cannes (in the winters), and was treated to regular visits from her family. It was in Cannes that she died, most likely of
multiple sclerosis, on 1 May 1909 after almost four years as Princess of Hohenzollern. According to her sister-in-law,
the Queen of Romania, "Somehow, Mädi could not fit in with the Hohenzollern family; she seemed to actually take pleasure in shocking them whenever she could.and was extremely thin, with pale blue eyes and a pathetic voice. Her health was not robust and she was quite an invalid, wheeled about in a chair, before she died at the age of 42… she saw very little of her children to whom she was a mother in name more than fact… Madi's one great love was her mother,
Countess Trani, sister of
Empress Elisabeth of Austria [...] poor Mädi [...] seldom crossed my path."
Honours • :
Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class • : •
Grand Cordon of the Order of Elizabeth •
Dame of the Starry Cross, 1st Class • :
Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel ==Ancestry==