Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818)

Princess Maria Elisabeth
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
Names Maria Elisabeth Apollonia Casimira Francisca Xaveria
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

Ancestors of Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818)[1]

16. John George II, Elector of Saxony 8. John George III, Elector of Saxony 17. Magdalene Sybille of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 4. Augustus II of Poland 18. Frederick III of Denmark 9. Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark 19. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 2. Augustus III of Poland 20. Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 10. Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 21. Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach 5. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 22. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg 11. Sophie Luise of Württemberg 23. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg 1. Maria Elisabeth of Saxony 24. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 12. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 25. Maria Anna of Spain 6. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 26. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine 13. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate 27. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 3. Maria Josepha of Austria 28. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt 7. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick 30. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern 15. Benedicta-Henrietta of Simmern 31. Anna Gonzaga

References

1. 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.