Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria
Portrait by George Desmarees , before 1743.
Born	( 1725-12-06 ) 6 December 1725 Nymphenburg Palace , Munich
Died	29 March 1743 (1743-03-29) (aged 17) Frankfurt
Names Theresa Benedikta Maria
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Amalia of Austria

Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria ( Theresa Benedikta Maria ; 6 December 1725 – 29 March 1743) was a Princess of Bavaria .

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Theresa Benedicta was the third child of Charles Albert , Elector of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor . Her mother, Maria Amalia , was an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Her maternal grandparents were Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor , and Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Luneburg . Her paternal grandparents were Maximilian II Emanuel , Elector of Bavaria, and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska , the daughter of the King of Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth, John III Sobieski . Theresa's mother, Archduchess Maria Amalia, was also a first cousin of Empress Maria Theresa .

Her mother gave birth to seven children, only four of whom lived through to adulthood. Theresa Benedicta's siblings included her brother Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria , and two sisters Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony , and Maria Anna Josepha, Margravine of Baden-Baden .

She died on 29 March 1743 in Frankfurt at age 17 of either smallpox or chicken pox. ^[1]

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