#Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony

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Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia; 6 December 1803 – 18 May 1829) was Queen of Spain as the third wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759–1838) and his first wife, Princess Carolina of Parma (1770–1804), daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Parma. She was a member of the house of Wettin. via Wikipedia

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Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony

Artist: Giuseppe Bonito (Italian, 1707-1789)

Date: c. 1744

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Maria Amalia of Saxony

Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga; 24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects, and she is known for her influence upon the affairs of state.

Charles III described Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724-1760) as possessing the wit of an angel , and felt himself to be the happiest and most fortunate man in the world . The portrait of his young wife reflects his affectionate words and the complicity between the married couple, since appearing in it is the crown that Charles wore in Palermo on the day of his enthronement as King of Naples and Sicily. (Museo del Prado)

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Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga of Saxony (24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects, and she is known for her influence upon the affairs of state.

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Royal Birthdays for today, December 6th:

Ferdinand IV, King of Castile and Leon, 1285

Henry VI, King of England, 1421

Barbara Radziwiłł, Queen of Poland, 1520

Marie Adelaide of Savoy, Dauphine of France, 1685

William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792

Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen of Spain, 1803

Sofia, Duchess of Varmland, 1984

Nikolaus Sebastian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg, 2000

Don Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish Royal, 2000

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 FORGOTTEN by HISTORY: Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony

Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia was born on 6 December 1803 in Dresen as the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony, and his wife, Caroline of Parma. 

Maria Josepha was raised by nuns as she had lost her mother a few months after birth, and received strict religious upbringing. She had to put duty and faith above all earthly happiness and relationship. 

In 1819 King Ferdinand, her second cousin once removed sought her hand in marriage. Spanish Kingdom just left without Queen, was in desperate need of heir, and Ferdinand convinced of fertility of Saxon princesses, made his choice. Union between Saxony and Spain had occured years before as Maria Amalia of Saxony had became wife of Ferdinand’s grandfather, Carlos III of Spain, with whom she had produced 13 children. Maria Josepha herself had 6 sibilings what led her to be considered a future mother of dozen of heirs. 

Couple was married in October 1819. Ferdinand proved to be entranced with her natural shyness, naivety and attractiveness as she was renowned for her charm. But struggles quickly ensued once she lothed sexual side of her marriage claiming that kind of relationship between wedded couple was inconsisted with Christian morality. Although it is reported that Ferdinand supposedly suffered a priapism or other type of sexual disorders and his wife felt fearful of fulfilling her role as spouse. It required a epistolatory support from Pope to convince Queen to start sharing bed with her spouse. Nevertheless, there is no mention of Maria Josepha being ever pregnant or miscarried. She stood out herself as a talented poet and shy and ill-prepared Queen, who was never to made her most important duty.

Maria Josepha Amalia died on 18 May 1829 and Ferdinand would go on to marry his niece, Maria Christina of Two Sicilies with who he sired 2 daughters. 

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MARIA KAROLINA OF AUSTRIA

Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily

(born 1752 - died 1814)

pictured above is a portrait of the Queen of Naples and Sicily, by Anton Raphael Mengs from c. 1772-73

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SERIES - On this day August Edition: Maria Karolina was born on 13 August 1752.

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MARIA KAROLINA LUISE JOSEPHA JOHANNA ANTONIA was born on 13 August 1752, at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.

She was one of the youngest daughters of Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresia, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and thus she was a member of the newly founded House of Habsburg-Lorraine that continued to be known simply as HOUSE OF HABSBURG. From birth she was an ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA.

Her mother planned the weddings of the young Habsburg-Lorraines in order to favor her politics. Between the 1760s-70s eight weddings took place, with five of the children marrying into the House of Bourbon (from Parma, Spain, Naples and France). The last one being the most famous, of her sister Archduchess Maria Antonia to Louis, Dauphin of France (future Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, Queen and King of France).

In 1768 she was married to FERDINANDO ANTONIO PASQUALE GIOVANNI NEPOMUCENO SERAFINO GENNARO BENEDETTO and they had eighteen children (check the list below), but only seven survived into adulthood. Her husband was Ferdinando IV, King of Naples and Ferdinando III, King of Sicily. His parents were Carlos III, King of Spain and Princess Maria Amalia of Poland and Saxony.

As the new QUEEN CONSORT OF NAPLES AND SICILY she was influenced by her mother to slowly step into the government of both Kingdoms, that were ruled by a Regency Council controlled by her father-in-law. She was succesfully and during most of her life she acted as the "de facto" ruler of Naples and Sicily.

Her feelings towards France and French people were forever changed by the French Revolution, because of the the treatment towards her sister Queen Marie Antoinette's family and for her execution in 1793.

To fight the newly created French Republic, Naples joined the First and Second Coalitions with other European countries and she participated in war council meetings with her husband, British ambassadors and military officers such as Lord Horatio Nelson.

As a consequence of the Coalition Wars, at the beginning of 1799 French troops invaded Naples, created the Parthenopean Republic and forced the Royal Family exile in Sicily. Though this was a very short exile as a couple of months later the United Kingdom secured their return to Naples.

However Napoléon I, the new Emperor of the French did not forget Italy and by 1805-06 he invaded and conquered Naples again for his Empire. This time he deposed her husband and put his brother Joseph on the throne as Giuseppe I, King of Naples.

By 1808 Emperor Napoléon I also conquered Spain. He installed his brother Joseph as José I, King of Spain and put his brother-in-law Joachim Murat, Marshal of the Empire on the Neapolitan throne as King Gioacchino.

During this second French occupation the Neapolitan Royal Family once more exiled in Sicily, as they only lost Naples.

Around 1813-14 the former Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily moved to Austria, where she died in 1814, aged 62, in her hometown at Hetzendorf Palace.

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Two years after her death, the Congress of Vienna restored her husband to the throne and merged the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily to form the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He then became its first Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies.

This new Kingdom survived until 1861 when it was annexed by Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia. At that time her great-grandson King Francesco II was on the throne.

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Check my posts on MARIA KAROLINA's children and children-in-law!

MARIA KAROLINA and her husband FERDINANDO IV/III had eighteen children...

Princess Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily - wife of Franz I, Austrian Emperor;

Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily - wife of Ferdinando III, Grand Duke of Tuscany;

Carlo, Duke of Calabria - died aged three;

Princess Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily - died aged four;

Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies - husband first of Archduchess Maria Klementine of Austria and second of Infanta María Isabel of Spain;

Princess Maria Cristina Amalia of Naples and Sicily - died aged four;

Princess Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily - wife of Carlo Felice, King of Sardinia;

Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily - died aged eight;

Prince Giuseppe of Naples and Sicily - died aged twenty months;

Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily - wife of Louis Philippe I, King of the French;

Princess Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily - a stillborn;

Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily - wife of Fernando VII, King of Spain;

Princess Maria Clotilda of Naples and Sicily - died aged six;

Princess Maria Enrichetta of Naples and Sicily - died aged four;

Princes Carlo Gennaro of Naples and Sicily - died aged five months;

Leopoldo, Prince of Salerno - husband of Archduchess Klementine of Austria;

Prince Alberto of Naples and Sicily - died aged six; and

Princess Maria Isabella of Naples and Sicily - died aged eight.

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ab. 1828 Vicente López Portaña - Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony

(Museo del Prado)

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F****d Up Royal Marriages #52

F****d Up Royal Marriages #52

When Spain’s Marquis of Cerralbo arranged the marriage of his politically beleaguered, twice widowed, and childless king, Ferdinand VII to the monarch’s 2nd cousin, Princess Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, who was nearly 2 decades his junior, in 1819, Ferdinand presumed he’d finally hit the maternity jackpot. For Saxon princesses at that time were especially prized for their fertility. After all,…

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Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony

Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was Queen consort of Spain as the wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and his first wife, Princess Carolina of Parma daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Parma. She was a member of the house of Wettin.

Born Princess Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, she lost her mother when she was a few months old, so her father sent her to a convent near the Elbe river, where she was raised by the nuns. As a result, Maria Josepha Amalia had a strict religious upbringing and was a fervent Roman Catholic all her life. At birth she was entitled to the style of Serene Highness as Saxony remained an electorate until 1806. After then, she was entitled to the style of Royal Highness.

Ferdinand VII of Spain's second wife, Maria Isabel of Portugal, died in 1818 without leaving any descendants. Thus the King began to look for a new consort and his choice fell on Maria Josepha Amalia. They married on 20 October 1819 in Madrid.

Although the new queen was too young, naive and inexperienced, the king fell in love with her because of her sweet temper. Besides, she was more attractive than his previous wives, Maria Antonia of Naples and Maria Isabella of Portugal. After his two childless marriages, there was great pressure for the Bourbon dynasty in Spain to ensure that King Ferdinand VII had an heir. Saxon princesses were renowned for their fertility since Maria Josepha Amalia and Ferdinand VII's common ancestors Augustus III of Poland and Maria Josepha of Austria had had some fourteen children, including Ferdinand VII's grandmother and Maria Josepha's grandfather.

Nevertheless, the marriage remained childless and Maria Josepha Amalia withdrew from public life, with long stays in the Palace of Aranjuez, in La Granja de San Ildefonso and the Royal Palace of Riofrio. It took a personal letter sent by Pope Pius VII in order to convince the queen that sexual relations between spouses were not contrary to the morality of Catholicism.

She died as a result of fevers on 18 May 1829 in Aranjuez, leaving her husband heartbroken, and was buried in El Escorial.

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Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen of Spain by Francisco Lacoma y Fontanet https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv0gmVRg-81J3U0E2o_7J65W7jfSdV1D5nPahE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d6i7d80uz5l3

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Amalie of Saxony (10 August 1794 - 18 September 1870)

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Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia of Saxony, Queen Consort of Spain was born OTD in 1803. (She has aaaaaall the names!) We love this portait of her - her jewels were beautiful. Courtesy of @mmeguillotine #happybirthday #allthenames #antiqueportrait #jewelsinart #jewelryinart #artandjewelry #allthebling #layeredjewelry #oilpainting #instagood https://ift.tt/2PoJI1e

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Portrait of Maria Amalia of Saxony

Artist: Francesco Liani (Italian, 1712-1770)

Date: 1759

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Maria Amalia of Saxony

Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga; 24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects, and she is known for her influence upon the affairs of state.

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Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (6 December 1803 – 18 May 1829) was Queen consort of Spain as the wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759–1838) and his first wife, Princess Carolina of Parma (1770–1804), daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Parma. She was a member of the house of Wettin.

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Portrait of Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain, wearing the sash of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

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FORGOTTEN BY HISTORY: Caroline of Parma 

Caroline Maria Teresa Giuseppina was born on 22 November 1770 in Parma, as the first child of Ferdinand I of Parma and his formidable wife, Maria Amalia of Austria. She grew up in happy environment, brought up mainly by her father. Her education was rigid and religious. Marriage of her parents was somehow problematic - Ferdinand had never measure up to Maria Amalia’s high expectations and later handed control over duchy to his more competent Austrian wife, who acted independently, far from Empress Maria Teresa’s commands. Carolina was close to her younger brother, Louis, who suffered from epilepsy. By all accounts, Carolina was beautiful, but also timid and painfully shy . Despite her being introvert, Carolina was pretentious and dominant towards her younger sisters - Maria Anna and Maria Antonia. She used to make fun of them, but later, she proved to sweet and loving sibling. She also had very deep relationship with her parents.

Maria Amalia had high hopes for her daughter and wanted her to marry into one of many German dynasties. Around 1790, she met her future husband, Maximilian of Saxony. Since Maximilian was the third son of his parents, he initially had no chance to inherit Saxon throne. Maria Amalia preferred Carolina to marry more significant prince, but seeing that Maximilian and her daughter were deeply in love with one another, she gave her consent. Their marriage was happy and harmious. They had 7 children, including 2 Kings of Saxony, 2 Duchess of Tuscany and Queen of Spain. Alas, constant pregnancies and stress strained her frail health - she was never to recover from birth of her last daughter, Maria Josepha Amalia in December 1803. She died from flu and fever, weakened by labour, on 1 March 1804