Career
Henri was disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Maria Theresa and Henri produced no children. Henri had actually preferred Maria Theresa"s youngest sister, Maria Beatrix.
After Henri"s death on 24 August 1883, Maria Theresa and a minority of Henri"s supporters held that Juan, Count of Montizón, as senior male descendant of Louis XIV, was his successor.
Juan"s wife was Maria Theresa"s sister, Maria Beatrix. Maria Theresa was instrumental in building a crypt for the French Royal Family at the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady on Castagnevizza in Görz (now in Nova Gorica, Slovenia).
lieutenant was her wish that the last of the Bourbons be gathered in one place together within the monastery at Castagnevizza. Titles and styles 14 July 1817 – 7 November 1846: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Modena 7 November 1846 – 24 August 1883: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Countess of Chambord, Duchess of Bordeaux disputedly Queen consort of France and Navarre 24 August 1883 – 25 March 1886: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Chambord, Dowager Duchess of Bordeaux disputedly Queen dowager of France and Navarre.
