Princess Margaretha of Saxony
Archduchess Margaretha of Austria
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| German: Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna |
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Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Prinzessin Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; 24 May 1840 – 15 September 1858[1]) was the eighth child and fifth eldest daughter of King John of Saxony and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Kings Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. She was born in Dresden, then in the Kingdom of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, Margaretha was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany.[2]
Marriage
Margaretha married her first cousin Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, third eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, on 4 November 1856 in Dresden.[2][1] The marriage was happy, but only lasted two years and remained childless.
Death
On a trip to Italy, Margaretha contracted typhoid. She died on 15 September 1858 at the age of 18 in Monza.[2] Her heart was interred in the Hofkapelle in Innsbruck.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b King, Greg; Woolmans, Sue (2013-09-03). The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-03867-8.
- ^ a b c Kiste, John Van der (2005-05-19). Emperor Francis Joseph: Life, Death and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-9547-7.
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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
