1. Princess Enrichetta d'Este was a Duchess of Parma by marriage to her cousin Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma.
12 Facts About Enrichetta d'Este
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Enrichetta d'Este was the Regent of Parma in 1731 during her alleged pregnancy in the interregnum after her husband's death.
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Princess Enrichetta was the third daughter of Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena and Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Luneburg.
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Enrichetta d'Este was named after her maternal grandmother, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate.
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In 1725, Enrichetta d'Este was among the princesses seriously considered for marriage to king Louis XV of France, when the list of the original 99 princesses had been reduced to seventeen.
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Enrichetta was engaged to Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, whose mother Princess Maria d'Este was Enrichetta's aunt.
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The previous day, he had announced that Enrichetta d'Este was pregnant; after his death, a Regency council for the potential heir was formed, consisting of Enrichetta d'Este, a bishop, the first Secretary of State and two gentlemen of the Court.
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Enrichetta d'Este was thus invested as Regent of Parma, supported by Imperial troops.
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Enrichetta d'Este's pregnancy was questioned by the Queen of Spain though her mother, Enrichetta's sister-in-law Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, who wished to defend the right of Don Carlos, as well as the Pope, who wished to retract the Duchy to the Papal State.
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When Spain demanded that the delivery of Enrichetta d'Este should be a public affair, the Emperor retracted his support to Enrichetta d'Este and discontinued the original plan to arranged a simulated birth.
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Enrichetta d'Este stayed in Parma, splitting her time between Piacenza, Borgo San Donnino and Cortemaggiore.
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Enrichetta d'Este was buried at the Convent of the Capuchins, in Fidenza.