#Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

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Portrait of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony

Artist: Gasparo Martellini (Italian, 1785-1857)

Date: 1821

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Gallery of Modern Art, Florence, Italy

Portrait of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony

Marie Anna of Saxony (15 November 1799 – 24 March 1832), (full name: Maria Anna Carolina Josepha Vincentia Xaveria Nepomucena Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Johanna Antonia Elisabeth Cunigunde Gertrud Leopoldina), was a princess of Saxony. She became Grand Duchess of Tuscany by her marriage to Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Marie Anna was born in Dresden, one of the seven children of Maximilian of Saxony by his first wife Caroline of Bourbon-Parma.

Her father was a son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. Her mother was a daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma. Through her mother, Maria Anna was also the great-granddaughter of Maria Theresa.

[artemlegere]

Élisabeth of France

Artist: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)

Title: Elisabeth-Philippe-Marie-Hélène de France, dite Madame Elisabeth

Genre: Portrait

Movement: High Rococo, Neoclassicism

Date: c. 1782

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène of France (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. Élisabeth's father, the Dauphin, was the son and heir of King Louis XV and his popular wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. Élisabeth remained beside her brother and his family during the French Revolution, and she was executed during the Reign of Terror at the Place de la Révolution.

Regarded as a martyr by the Catholic Church, Élisabeth was declared a servant of God by Pope Pius XII.

[venicepearl]

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.

[sporadiceagleheart]

This tribute edit is for #louisxvii And his family members of France and I might have forgotten others in heaven rest in peace to those who have died Louis XVII, Louis XVIII, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XIV, Coco the dog of Louis XVII and his sister Marie-Thérèse, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, Louis Joseph Xavier François, Jean Amilcar, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Louis, Dauphin of France, Charles X of France, Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène of France, Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria of Saxony, Madame Louise-Elisabeth of France, Maria Carolina of Austria, John II of France, Armand Gagné, Alexander Kucharsky, Rigaud, Hyacinthe dit aussi Rigau y Ros, (Perpignan, 1659 - Paris, 1743), Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor, Robert, Count of Clermont, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, y'all rest well up in heaven All angels All angels All angels All angels All angels All angels up in heaven rest in peace

[abwwia]

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

[princessvictoriamelita]

The children of King George I of Saxony and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, mids 1870s.

Prince Frederick Augustus, Prince Maximilian, Princess Mathilde, Princess Maria Josepha and Prince Johann Georg.

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Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, nee Infanta of Portugal, with her four children: Mathilde, Frederick Augustus, Maria Josepha and Johann Georg.

[grandestates101]

Palace Of Versailles, Dauphin’s Guards Room.

[history-of-fashion]

1897 Kazimierz Pochwalski - Portrait of Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

(Private collection)

[drosera-nepenthes]

Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal she married Prince George of Saxony and among her children were: Maria Josepha, who married Archduke Otto of Austria and was the mother of the last Austrian emperor, Karl I.  Also Frederick Augustus, the husband of Princess Louise of Tuscany, their messy divorce was one of the big royal scandals of their time.

[wgabry]

Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony married  to Archduke Otto Franz of Austria, was the mother of Emperor Charles I of Austria.

[royalty-nobility]

Élisabeth of France

Artist: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)

Title: Elisabeth-Philippe-Marie-Hélène de France, dite Madame Elisabeth

Genre: Portrait

Date: c. 1782

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène of France (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. Élisabeth's father, the Dauphin, was the son and heir of King Louis XV and his popular wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. Élisabeth remained beside her brother and his family during the French Revolution, and she was executed during the Reign of Terror at the Place de la Révolution.

Regarded as a martyr by the Catholic Church, Élisabeth was declared a servant of God by Pope Pius XII.

[thebeautiesofthepast]

Princess Auguste Ferdinande of Bavaria

Portrait by Joseph Stieler, ca. 1850, neoclassicism

Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande Luise Maria Johanna Josepha of Austria, from the house of Habsburg-Lorraine (01.04.1825-26.04.1864) was the daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Anna of Saxony. She was a Roman Catholic.

She had a strict Catholic upbringing and was interested in the sciences and arts. She was described as tall, self-conscious and beautiful. She also spoke fluent Italian.

At the age of 19, she married Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. His father, Ludwig I. of Bavaria was initially against the marriage due to the Fact that Auguste was showing signs of pulmonary Tuberculosis. They had four children: Ludwig III. of Bavaria, Leopold, Therese and Arnulf.

During the 1848 Revolution she spoke against Lola Montez. She diead aged 39 due to her illness and was buried in the Theatinerkirche in Munich.

[venicepearl]

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.

[historywithlaura]

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.

[mary-tudor]

“Louis Auguste was the fourth child and second surviving son of Louis XV's eldest son, the Dauphin Louis of France and his second wife Maria Josepha of Saxony, who was affectionately known as 'Pepa'. The royal couple had been considered unusual at Versailles for their domestic harmony and frank and open adoration of each other in a court where it was considered bad form to be openly affectionate towards one's spouse.

The Dauphin was a complicated character: he wrote to a friend that his soul was 'always gay' and indeed there was a liveliness and cheerfulness about him that made his company much sought after. However, he had also inherited the morbid nature of his parents Louis XV and his devout Polish wife Marie Leszczynska and was obsessed with death and dying, much as his cousin Isabella of Parma had been during her time in Vienna. His mother kept the skull of the delightful courtesan Ninon de Lenclos on her desk, garlanded with flowers (....). She called it 'Ma chère mignonne'.

It is recorded that in the early days of their marriage, the young Saxony princess Maria Josepha had been horrified to witness her new husband and his sisters spending evenings dressed in black and walking slowly around a dim candlelit room murmuring 'I am dead, I am dead, I am dead' in a continuation of a favourite game from childhood. It all seemed a bit weird and unacceptably morbid to a young princess who adored dancing, laughing, being outdoors, having fun and celebrating life.

It didn't help matters that the young Dauphin had been married once before, to the pretty Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, who was four years his senior. The court had giggled behind their spangled and painted fans at the young's bride unfashionable red hair, but the Dauphin had fallen immediately ans violently in love with her and was thrilled when she became pregnant. 'I can hardly believe that I am so soon to become a father!', he wrote to a friend, his delight echoing that of every young father throughout the centuries.

Maria Teresa gave birth to a daughter Marie-Thérèse in July 1746 and died four days later. Her young husband, just sixteen years old at this time, was genuinely devastated with courtiers likening his grief to that of ‘an inconsolable child’, which in many ways he was. The little princess, his only link with his deceased love, was to live for just two years and would die in April 1748 after being given an emertic in an attemp to alleviate the pain of teething.

No one knew quite what to expect when the Dauphin was married again, this time to Maria Josepha, and she must have been quite perturbed when on their wedding night he collapsed in tears into her arms and sobbed about his dead wife, which must have been somewhat awkward to say the last. The marriage seemed doomed to failure until the Dauphin caught smallpox and his little wife insisted on nursing him back to health herself. It is said she took such great care of him that a short sighted doctor (...) said to the Dauphin, ‘You have an excellent little nurse there. Never get rid of her’. The Dauphin made a full recovery and filled with gratitude, he fell in love at last with his wife.

The young couple enjoyed a blissful life together, almost a second honeymoon in fact, and were to be seen at their devotions together in the Versailles chapel every morning, before taking the air together on the terrace by the Orangerie. 

They shared exactly the same tastes for music, reading and gardening and loved to spend their time together. The Dauphin was a talented musician and played the violin, organ and spinet as well as singing in a very fine baritone. (...) He was also a talented actor, capable of reducing an audience to fits of uncotrollable laughter with his comedic roles.

(...) Both were keen philanthropists, who loved to assist the needy and were generous givers to charity. They gave instructions to their children’s tutors that the princes and princesses should be taken to the houses of the needy so that they could see for themselves how the poor lived.

‘They must learn to weep. A prince who has never shed any tears cannot be good’, the Dauphin explained.

He was also very fond of taking his sons to view the baptismal register of the parish of Versailles, where their names were written alongside those of more humble infants. 

‘Look my children, look at your names written after the name of a pauper. The only thing that can establish any difference between you is virtue’, he would say. 

(...) When Louis Auguste was born in the Dauphine’s bedchamber on the ground floor of Versailles in the boiling hot summer of 1754, the royal nursery at the palace was already home to Marie Zéphyrine, who was born in August 1750 and Louis Joseph, who was born in September 1751. Another son, Xavier, had recently died in February 1754 at the age of six months. 

(...) Their new son was born at quarter to seven and immediately passed into the care of Madame de Marsan, who was already governess to his elder brother the Duc de Bourgogne (...).”

From: “Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History”, by Melanie Clegg.