María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, 15th Countess of Chinchón (María Teresa Carolina; 6 March 1779 – 23 November 1828), was a Spanish

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 noblewoman and Grandee. She was a patrilineal granddaughter of Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain

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Born in Velada

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, Toledo, Spain, she was the elder daughter of Infante Luis of Spain and his morganatic

Morganatic marriage

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 wife, the Aragon

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ese aristocrat María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond (5 September 1758 – 16 February 1820). Her mother was the 13th Countess of Chinchón and a Grandee

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 of Spain First Class.

Maria Teresa (in full) was: the 1st Marquesa (Marquise or Marchioness) of Boadilla del Monte

Boadilla del Monte

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 ; created the 96th Noble Dame

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 of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa

Order of Queen Maria Luisa

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 on 10 October 1800 (her younger sister María Luisa (1780–1846) was made the 98th Noble Dame on the same day, and her mother was made the 99th Noble Dame on 7 December 1800); heir to her brother Luis María's House, and as such the 15th Countess of Chinchón

Chinchón

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  Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms

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 of de Bourbon in 1803 (letter of 7 March 1804) and 1st Duchess of Sueca

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  Grandee of Spain First Class (letter of 7 March 1804).

She married in the Escorial, Madrid

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, 2 October 1797 Don Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, 1st Principe de la Paz, 1st Duque de Alcúdia and 1st Duque de Sueca

Manuel de Godoy

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 (Badajoz

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, 12 May 1767 – Paris

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, 4 October 1851), and had issue, an only daughter Carlota Luisa Manuela.