María Teresa de Vallabriga

Teresa Vallabriga by Goya

María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas Español y Drummond (5 September 1758 – 16 February 1820 in Zaragoza), was an Aragonese aristocrat. She was the morganatic spouse of the Spanish Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.

She was 99th Noble Dame of the Royal Order of Queen María Luisa on 7 December 1800, 13th Condesa de Chinchón Grandee of Spain 1st Class, daughter of José Ignacio de Vallabriga y Español, Count of and his wife Josefa de Rozas y Drummond de Melfort, 4th countess of Castelblanco.

Marriage[]

On 27 June (some say 28 January), 1776 at Olias del Rey, she married Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón.

The marriage was much to the liking of Charles III, because Luis now could not have children with a better claim to the throne.

Children[]

The couple had four children:

• Luis María Cardinal de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas (Cadalso de los Vidrios, 1777 – Madrid, 1823);
• a stillborn;
• María Teresa Carolina; married in the Escorial, Madrid, 2 October 1797 Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, 1st Principe de la Paz, 1st Duque de Alcúdia and 1st Duque de Sueca (Badajoz, 12 May 1767 – Paris, 4 October 1851), and had issue, an only daughter Carlota Luisa Manuela.
• María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas (Toledo, 21 March 1780 – Paris, 1 December 1846), 98th Noble Dame of the Royal Order of Queen María Luisa on 10 October 1800, married in 1817 Joaquín José de Melgarejo y Saurín, de Rojas y Ruíz-Dávalos (Cox, Alicante, 23 January 1780 – Madrid, 9 April 1835), 3rd Marqués de Melgarejo and 1st Duque de San Fernando de Quiroga Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms of de Melgarejo, 39th Minister of External Affairs of Spain (12 September 1819 – 18 March 1820), without issue.