- Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
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Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony Electress of Bavaria Tenure 9 July 1747 – 30 December 1777 Spouse Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria Full name Maria Anna Sophia Sabina Angela Franciska Xaveria House House of Wittelsbach
House of WettinFather Augustus III of Poland Mother Maria Josepha of Austria Born 29 August 1728
Dresden Castle, DresdenDied 17 February 1797 (aged 68)
Fürstenried Palace, MunichBurial Katholische Hofkirche Religion Roman Catholicism Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (Maria Anna Sophia Sabina Angela Franciska Xaveria; 29 August 1728 – 17 February 1797) was a daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and his wife Maria Josepha of Austria who became Electress of Bavaria.
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Biography
In all, her parents had fifteen children; her most notable siblings were Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Queen Maria Amalia of Spain and Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France, the mother of Kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X of France.
She was married to the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III Joseph in 1747.
Having no children of her own, Maria Anna negotiated with Frederick II of Prussia after her husband's death in 1777 to secure Bavaria's independence against Austria and to support the succession rights of the Wittelsbach branch Palatinate Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld in Bavaria when the new Elector Charles Theodore attempted to cede Lower Bavaria to Austria. A secret treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II had been concluded. In exchange for Lower Bavaria, Charles Theodore was to receive the Austrian Netherlands (close to his ancestral domains), the Palatinate (already his patrimony), Jülich and Berg.
These plans failed with the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778, in which the Prussian king stifled the Austrian attempts to exchange the Austrian Netherlands for Bavaria. When Emperor Joseph II tried the scheme again in 1784, Frederick created the Fürstenbund.
After her husband died, Maria Anna Sophia spent the rest of her life in Fürstenried Palace and enjoyed the gratitude of the Bavarian people and the heirs of the Zweibrücken branch: Charles II, Duke of Zweibrücken, and his brother Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, who finally succeeded Charles Theodore in 1799.
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Titles and styles
- 29 August 1728 – 9 July 1747 Her Serene Highness Princess Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
- 9 July 1747 – 30 December 1777 Her Serene Highness The Electress of Bavaria
- 30 December 1777 – 17 February 1797 Her Serene Highness The Dowager Electress of Bavaria
Princesses of Saxony, duchesses in Saxony by birth 1st generation Princess Katharina • Anna, Landgravine of Hesse • Katharina, Electress of Brandenburg2nd 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 Quedlinburg3rd generation Christina, Queen of the Kalmar Union • Katharina, Archduchess of Further Austria • Margarete, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Princess Anna4th 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 Margarete5th 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-Eisenach6th generation Princess Anna Sabine • Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania • Princess Elisabeth • Dorothea, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg7th generation 8th generation Princess Sibylle Marie • Erdmuthe Sophie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth9th generation none10th generation none11th generation Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain* • Princess Maria Margaretha* • Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria* • Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France* • Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont* • Princess Maria Elisabeth* • Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen*12th generation Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken • Princess Maria Anna • Princess Maria Theresia • Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan13th 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, Queen of Spain14th 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 Bavaria15th generation Princess Maria • Princess Elisabeth • Princess Mathilde • Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto Francis of Austria16th generation Princess Maria • Margarete Karola, Princess of Hohenzollern • Maria Alix, Princess of Hohenzollern-Emden • Anna, Archduchess Joseph Francis of Austria17th generation Princess Maria Josepha • Anna de Afif, Princess of Gessaphe • Mathilde, Princess John Henry of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha18th generation Princess Iris,19th generation none20th generation none* princes royal of Poland and LithuaniaPrincess Elisabeth of Lorraine (1623–1635) · Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1635–1651) · Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (1651–1676) · Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1685–1692) · Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1695–1726) · Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1726–1745) · Princess Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1747–1777) · Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1777–1794) · Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1795–1799) · Princess Caroline of Baden (1799–1806)Categories:- House of Wettin
- House of Wittelsbach
- 1728 births
- 1797 deaths
- People from Dresden
- Polish princesses
- Electresses of Bavaria
- Burials at the Theatine Church, Munich
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