Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818)

Princess Maria Elisabeth

Princess of Poland
Princess of Saxony

Maria Elisabeth by Pietro Rotari, c. 1755.

Born

9 February 1736
Wilanów Palace, Warsaw, Poland

Died

24 December 1818 (aged 82)
Dresden, Saxony

Full name
Maria Elisabeth Apollonia Casimira Francisca Xaveria

House

House of Wettin

Father

Augustus III of Poland

Mother

Maria Josepha of Austria

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony^[1](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 I), 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 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)

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

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

2 February 1736 – 24 December 1818 Her Serene Highness Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony

References

↑ van de Pas, Leo. "Maria Elisabeth of Saxony". Genealogics .org. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

Princesses of Saxony by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.

1st generation	Princess Katharina Anna, Landgravine of Hesse Katharina, Electress of Brandenburg

2nd generation	Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut Anna, Electress of Brandenburg Margarete, Princess-Abbess of Seusslitz Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg Margarete, Countess of Glatz Hedwig, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

3rd generation	Christina, Queen of the Kalmar Union Katharina, Archduchess of Further Austria Margarete, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Princess Anna

4th generation	Princess Anna Princess Agnes Christine, Landgravine of Hesse Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg Princess Margarete Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg Marie, Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast Emilie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Sidonie, Duchess of Brunswick-Kalenberg Princess Margarete

5th generation	Anna, Princess of Orange Princess Eleonore Elisabeth, Countess Palatine Johann Casimir of Simmern Princess Marie Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Princess Amalie Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach

6th generation	Princess Anna Sabine Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania Princess Elisabeth Dorothea, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

7th generation	Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Magdalene Sibylle, Princess Elect of Denmark and Norway

8th generation	Princess Sibylle Marie Erdmuthe Sophie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

9th generation	none

10th generation	none

11th generation	Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain¹ Princess Maria Margaretha¹ Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria¹ Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France¹ Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont¹ Princess Maria Elisabeth¹ Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen¹

12th generation	Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken Princess Maria Anna Princess Maria Theresia Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan

13th generation	Princess Maria Augusta, "Infanta of Poland" Princess Amalie Princess Maria Ludovika Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Princess Maria Johanna Princess Maria Theresia Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain

14th generation	Princess Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa Princess Sidonia Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany Margaretha, Archduchess Charles Louis of Austria Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria

15th generation	Princess Maria Princess Elisabeth Princess Mathilde Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto Francis of Austria

16th generation	Princess Maria Margarete Karola, Princess of Hohenzollern Maria Alix, Princess of Hohenzollern-Emden Anna, Archduchess Joseph Francis of Austria

17th generation	Princess Maria Josepha Anna de Afif, Princess of Gessaphe Mathilde, Princess Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

18th generation	Princess Iris

19th generation	none

20th generation	Princess Anna-Catharina

¹ princes royal of Poland and Lithuania

Abbesses of Remiremont

Alix de Parroye (1453–1474) Jeanne II d'Anglure (1474–1505) Agnes II de Dammartin (1505–1507) Alix de Choiseul (1507–1520) Madeleine de Choiseul (1520) Nicole de Dammartin (1520) Marguerite IV d'Harcourt (1520–1528) Marguerite III de Neufchâtel (1528–1544) Madeleine de Choiseul (1544) Marguerite IV d'Harcourt (1544–1568) Renée de Dinteville (1568–1580) Barbara of Salm (1580–1602) Elizabeth of Salm (1602–1611) Catherine of Lorraine (1612–1648) Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans* (1648–1657) Anne Marie Thérèse de Lorraine (1657–1660) Dorothea Maria of Salm (1660–1702) Élisabeth Charlotte de Lorraine (1700–1711) Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine (1710–1738) Anne Charlotte de Lorraine (1738–1773) Maria Christina of Saxony (1773–1782) Charlotte de Lorraine (1782–1786) Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1786–1790)

* Was "titular abbess" ^ acted as Administratrice while "Abbess" was away Catholicism portal

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