Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818)
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 Maria Elisabeth by Pietro Rotari, c. 1755. | |||||
| Born | (1736-02-09)9 February 1736 Wilanów Palace, Warsaw, Poland | ||||
| Died | 24 December 1818(1818-12-24) (aged 82) Dresden, Saxony | ||||
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| House | House of Wettin | ||||
| Father | Augustus III of Poland | ||||
| Mother | Maria Josepha of Austria | ||||
Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (Maria Elisabeth Apollonia Casimira Francisca Xaveria; 2 February 1736 – 24 December 1818) was a German noblewoman and titular Princess of Poland, Lithuania and Saxony of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
Biography
Maria Elisabeth was born at the Wilanów Palace in Poland as the eleventh child of fourteen. Her father, Augustus III of Poland, was the Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II). Her mother Maria Josepha, born an Archduchess of Austria, was a first cousin of Empress Maria Theresa. She came from a close family and her parents made sure they put emphasis on a good education. The young princess was educated in Latin, French, Polish, philosophy, geography, religion, drawing, music and dance.
Her sisters included Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain (wife of Charles III of Spain), Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France (mother of Louis XVI), Maria Anna, Electress of Bavaria, Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont and Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Thorn and Essen. Her brothers included two electors of Saxony: Frederick Christian, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, and also Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (son in law of Empress Maria Theresa).
She died on 24 December 1818, unmarried and she had no issue.
Ancestry
References
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 100.
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The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.
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- Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain1
- Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria1
- Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France1
- Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont1
- Princess Maria Elisabeth1
- Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen1
- Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken
- Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan
- Princess Maria Augusta
- Princess Amalie
- Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa
- Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany
- Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria
- Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria
- Princess Mathilde
- Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria
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- 1 królewna of Poland and Lithuania
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