Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen

Maria Christina
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, 1765
Duchess of Teschen
Reign	8 April 1766 – 24 June 1798
Predecessor	Joseph II
Successor	Albert Casimir
Alongside	Albert Casimir
Governor of the Austrian Netherlands
Tenure	29 November 1780 – 1 March 1792
Predecessor	Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Successor	Archduke Charles of Austria
Alongside	Albert Casimir
Born	(1742-05-13)13 May 1742 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	24 June 1798(1798-06-24) (aged 56) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen ​ ​ (m. 1766)​
Issue	Princess Maria Christina Theresa of Saxony
Names English: Mary Christina Joanne Josephine Antonia German: Maria Christina Johanna Josefa Antonia French: Marie Christine Jeanne Josèphine Antoinette
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Theresa
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia; 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798), was the fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. Married in 1766 to Prince Albert of Saxony, the couple received the Duchy of Teschen, and she was appointed Governor of the Austrian Netherlands jointly with her husband during 1781–1789 and 1791–1792. After two expulsions from the Netherlands (in 1789 and 1792), she lived with her husband in Vienna until her death.