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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 Mathilde of Saxony as an elderly woman, c. 1930.

All credits to Paul Delank.

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Princess Mathilde of Saxony, 1880s.

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The children of Prince Georg of Saxony, later King of Saxony, on horseback, mids 1880s.

From left to right: Prince Frederick Augustus, Princess Mathilde, Prince Johann Georg, Prince Maximilian and Prince Albert.

Princess Maria Josepha was missing from the photo as she was already married to Archduke Otto of Austria.

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Princess Mathilde of Saxony in 1886.

Mathilde (1863-1933), was the older sister of the last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. (1865-1932).

Wettiner boss Alexander Markgraf von Meißen: "After my great-grandfather's wife, the Crown Princess, ran away in 1902, she also took care of his six children."

Her life was similiar to that of Victoria, Princess of Wales. Both women died unmarried and were bitter.

She was also a talented painter.

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Margravine Elisabeth Helene of Saxony and her daughters, Princesses Anna, Mathilde and Maria Josepha, early 1940s.

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Wedding of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and Princess Anna of Saxony on October 4, 1924 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Silesia, Germany.

Archduke Joseph Francis was the son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste of Bavaria who was Empress Elisabeth of Austria's granddaughter.

The bride was the youngest daughter of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and ex-Crown Princess Louise of Saxony.

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Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (1863-1933) in 1905.

Between 1890 and 1901 Princess Mathilde took lessons from the Dresden painter and illustrator Alfred Diethe. In the following years she painted several landscapes and scenes from court life in Pillnitz. 24 of them were published as large-format prints by Römmler & Jonas. Other paintings appeared on postcards for charity. In the Nebelschützer Kirche St. Martin hangs a saint of Martin von Tours made by Mathilde. Mathilde died unmarried on March 27, 1933 at the age of 70. She is buried in the New Crypt of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden.

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Princess Mathilde of Saxony in 1885.

Photograph by Teich Hanfstaengl.

Source: Stadtmuseum Dresden.

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Princess Mathilde and Maria Josepha of Saxony in 1885.

Maria Josepha was the mother of Charles I Austria's last Emperor.

Photograph by Teich Hanfstaengl.

Source: Stadtmuseum Dresden.

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Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1863-1933). Early 1870s.

She was the third child and third-eldest daughter of Prince George of Saxony and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal. She was an elder sister of the Kingdom of Saxony's last King, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony.

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Group portrait (whole figures) of the Princesses Mathilde and Maria Josepha and prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony; dressed in Wendish costume on the occasion of the golden wedding of their grandparents King Johann and Queen Amalie of Saxony in 1872.

Source: Stadtmuseum Dresden

Photograph by Atelier "Teich-Hanfstaengl / Königlich Sächsischer] Hofphotograph, Dresden."

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Enhanced photograph of the children of Prince George of Saxony (future King) and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal. Early 1880s.

Princess Mathilde (1863-1933), Prince Frederick Augustus (1865-1932), Princess Maria Josepha (1867-1944), Prince Johann Georg (1869-1938) and Prince Maximilian (1870-1951).

Youngest child Prince Albert (1875-1900) is missing.

Prince Frederick Augustus would become King of Saxony after his father's death in 1904 until 1918 when Monarchy was abolished in Germany.

Princess Maria Josepha married at 19 Archduke Otto Franz of Austria, "der Schöne" (the handsome), younger brother of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was killed in Sarajevo. Her eldest son, Charles, was the last Emperor of Austria.

Source: Pinterest

This is the original photograph also enhanced by me.