Maria Christina of Saxony (Maria Christina Albertina Carolina; 7 December 1770 – 24 November 1851) was a Princess of Saxony. She was the

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and later Princess of Montléart by marriage.

Early life

Maria Christina was the only surviving child of Prince

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, himself son of King

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, and his wife, Countess

Franciszka Krasińska Countess Franciszka Krasińska (9 March 1742 in Maleszowa – 30 April 1796 in Dresden), was a Polish noblewoman and wife of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, the son of King Augustus III of Poland. Life She was the third of four daughters ...

. Her parents married secretly in Warsaw in 1760. The marriage was considered

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in Saxony. Her mother was created a princess (Princess Franziska Krasińska Wettin) in her own right due to her marriage, only after the intervention of

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Biography

Her education was in the hands of several private tutors and governesses. She learned philosophy, geography, literature, music, dance, and was taught several languages (

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, French,

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, and

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). In Turin on 24 October 1797, she married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy Prince of Carignano (d.1800). They had two children: * Charles Albert of Savoy-Carignano (2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849),

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in 1831, who married

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and had issue. * Princess Elisabetta of Savoy Carignano (13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856), who married Archduke Rainer of Austria and had issue. Three years after his marriage Charles Emmanuel died in a French prison. On 1 February 1810 in Paris she married Julius Maximilian de Montléart, 6th Marquis de Rumont, 1st Prince de Montléart (1787–1865). They had five children: * Jules Maurice (28 November 1807 – 16 March 1887), legitimized after his parents' marriage; Prince de Montléart. * Louise Bathilde de Montléart (20 January 1809 – 1823), legitimized after her parents' marriage; died young. * Berthe Maria de Montléart (1811–1831), died young. * Frédérique Auguste Marie Xavérine Cunégonde Julie de Montléart (11 November 1814 – 30 March June 1885 in Krzyszkowice, by suicide). * Marguerite Julia de Montléart (1822–1832), died young. In 1824 Maria Christina and her second husband bought and restored the

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in the district of

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. Maria Christina died in Paris on 24 November 1851 at the age of 80.

Ancestors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Christina Of Saxony, Princess 1770 births 1851 deaths Nobility from Dresden German people of Polish descent Saxon princesses House of Wettin Princesses of Carignan Princesses of Savoy Albertine branch