Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony

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 by marriage to Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria.

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Biography

Maria Anna's parents had sixteen 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 of France, and Charles X of France.

Maria Anna was married to her first cousin, the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III Joseph in 1747.

Having no children of her own, Maria Anna negotiated with King 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 of Bavaria Charles Theodore attempted to cede Lower Bavaria to Austria. A secret treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II had been concluded in the end. 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.

However, these plans failed with the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778, in which King Frederick II stifled the Austrian attempts to exchange the Austrian Netherlands for Bavaria. When Emperor Joseph II tried the scheme again in 1784, Frederick II created the Fürstenbund.

After her husband Maximilian III Joseph died, Maria Anna Sophia spent the rest of her life at Fürstenried Palace and enjoyed the gratitude of the Bavarian people and the heirs of the Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld branch: Charles II, Duke of Zweibrücken, and his brother Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, who finally succeeded Charles Theodore in 1799 as first King of Bavaria.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony^[1]

16. John George II, Elector of Saxony

8. John George III, Elector of Saxony

17. Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

4. Augustus II of Poland

18. Frederick III of Denmark

9. Anne 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. Sofie Luise of Württemberg

23. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg

1. Maria Anna Sophia 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. Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg

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

^ 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.

v t e Princesses of Saxony by birth
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.
2nd generation	Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg
3rd generation	Christina, Queen of Denmark and Norway
4th generation	Christine, Landgravine of Hesse Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg
5th generation	Anna, Princess of Orange
7th generation	Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Magdalene Sibylle, Princess Elect of Denmark and Norway
9th generation	none
10th generation	none
11th generation	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
12th generation	Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan
13th generation	Princess Maria Augusta Princess Amalie Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain
14th generation	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria
15th generation	Princess Mathilde Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria
19th generation	none
¹ królewna of Poland and Lithuania

Electresses of Bavaria

Princess 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)

This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 12:55

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