Maria Antonietta of Spain

Infobox Monarch|royal|consort
name =Maria Antonietta of Spain
title =Queen Consort of Sardinia


caption =Maria Antonietta of Spain
consortreign =1773 - 1785
spouse =Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
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royal house =House of Bourbon
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father =Philip V of Spain
mother =Elisabeth of Parma
date of birth =birth date|1729|11|17|mf=y
place of birth =Seville, Spain
date of death =death date and age|1785|09|19|1729|11|17|mf=y
place of death =Italy|

Infanta Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda of Spain (November 17, 1729 - September 19, 1785), was Queen of Sardinia as the wife of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia. She was a mother of 3 rulers of Sardinia.

Life

Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda was born at Seville, the youngest daughter of King Philip V of Spain and of his wife, Elizabeth of Parma. As a daughter of the King of Spain, she was given the title of Infanta and held the style till her marriage.

On May 31, 1750, at Oulx near Turin in Italy, Maria Antonietta married Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy - the heir of King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his wife Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg. (later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia).

Children

The couple had twelve children:
# King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751-1819), married Clotilde of France
# Maria Elisabetta Carlotta of Sardinia (1752-1753)
# Marie Josephine Louise of Sardinia (1753-1810), married King Louis XVIII of France
# Amedeo Alessandro of Sardinia, Duke of Montferrat (1754-1755)
# Maria Thérèse of Sardinia (1756-1805), married King Charles X of France
# Maria Anna of Sardinia (1757-1824), married her uncle Benedetto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Chablais
# King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759-1824), married Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este (1773-1832)
# Maria Cristina Giuseppa Ferdinanda of Sardinia (1760-1768)
# Maurizio Giuseppe Maria of Sardinia, Duke of Montferrat (1762-1799), unmarried
# Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaide of Sardinia (1764-1782), married King Anthony of Saxony
# King Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765–1831), married Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1779-1849)
# Giuseppe Benedetto Maria Placido of Sardinia (1766-1802), Count of Moriana (until 1796) and Asti (1796-1802)

On the death of her father in law, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia in 1773, she became the new Queen Consort of Sardinia. Despite only being the consort of her husband for nearly 12 years, she was one of the longest reigning Queens on Sardinia.

Maria Antonietta died in the Castle of Moncalieri near Turin. She is buried in the Basilica of Superga.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Maria Antonietta of Spain
2= 2. Philip V of Spain
3= 3. Elisabeth of Parma
4= 4. Louis, Dauphin of France
5= 5. Maria Anna of Bavaria
6= 6. Odoardo II Farnese
7= 7. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
8= 8. Louis XIV of France
9= 9. Maria Theresa of Spain
10= 10. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
11= 11. Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
12= 12. Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
13= 13. Isabella of Modena
14= 14. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
15= 15. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
16= 16. Louis XIII of France
17= 17. Anna of Austria
18= 18. Philip IV of Spain
19= 19. Elisabeth of Bourbon
20= 20. Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
21= 21. Maria Anna of Austria
22= 22. Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
23= 23. Christine Marie of France
24= 24. Odoardo Farnese
25= 25. Margherita de Medici
26= 26. Francesco I d'Este
27= 27. Maria Caterina Farnese
28= 28. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
29= 29. Magdalene of Bavaria
30= 30. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
31= 31. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

Source

* Jean-Fred Tourtchine (Red.): "Le Royaume d'Espagne". Bd. 3. Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Européenes, Paris 1996, ISSN|0993-3964, S. 138. (= Les Manuscrits du Cedre, Nr. 17)

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