wife and stepmother, without being able to satisfy either. Maria Sophia informed Francis about a plot created by Maria Theresa with the attempt to put the biological son of Maria Theresa on the throne, but Francis chose to believe Maria Theresa when she swore her innocence. It was not until the revolts against the monarchy had already begun that Francis decided to listen to the advice of his wife rather than his stepmother. Maria Theresa was among the first to leave Naples during the revolt: first to Gaeta with her children and advisors, and then to Rome. She resided in the same palace that Francis and Maria Sophia would use when they arrived. She died from cholera, nursed by her stepson Francis, who mourned her greatly. Issue Maria Theresa gave birth to twelve children, but only seven of them lived to mature adulthood: Ancestry References External links . |- 1816 births 1867 deaths 19th-century Italian women Nobility from Vienna House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Austrian princesses Royal consorts of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Burials at the Basilica of Santa Chiara Austrian Roman Catholics Royal reburials