Caroline of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Caroline of Bourbon-Parma , full name Carolina Maria Theresia Josephina (born November 22, 1770 in Parma , † March 1, 1804 in Dresden ) came from the House of Bourbon-Parma and became the mother of two Saxon kings by marrying a Saxon prince.
Life
Caroline was the eldest daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from his marriage to Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria .
Princess Caroline married on April 22, 1792 in Parma ( per procurationem ) and on May 9, 1792 in Dresden (in person), Prince Maximilian of Saxony , the youngest brother of Elector Friedrich August III. Since all of Maximilian's older brothers, both Princes Karl and Joseph of Saxony, who died at a young age, as well as Elector Friedrich August and Elector Prince Anton , had no viable male descendants, Maximilian was second in line to the throne of the Electorate in 1796 and later Kingdom of Saxony .
Princess Caroline died in Dresden in 1804 at the age of only 33 and was buried in the Wettiner crypt of the Catholic Court Church.
ancestors
| Philip V King of Spain (1683–1746) | |||||||||||||
| Philip Duke of Parma (1720–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand of Parma (1751–1802) | |||||||||||||
| Louis XV , King of France (1710–1774) | |||||||||||||
| Marie Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1727-1759) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Leszczyńska Queen of France (1703–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Bourbon-Parma | |||||||||||||
| Leopold of Lorraine (1679–1729) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans (1676–1744) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia Archduchess of Austria (1746–1804) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Charles VI. , (1685-1740) | |||||||||||||
| Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750) | |||||||||||||
progeny
The couple had the following seven offspring:
- Amalie (1794-1870)
- Maria Ferdinanda (1796–1865) ∞ (May 6, 1821) Grand Duke Ferdinand III. Tuscany
- Friedrich August II. (1797-1854), King of Saxony
- Clemens Maria Joseph Nepomuk Aloys Vincenz Xavier Franz de Paula Franz de Valois Joachim Benno Philipp Jakob (born May 1, 1798 in Dresden, † January 4, 1822 in Pisa)
- Maria Anna (1799–1832) ∞ (November 16, 1817) Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany
- Johann (1801–1873), King of Saxony
- Maria Josepha (1803–1829) ∞ (October 20, 1819) King Ferdinand VII of Spain
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bourbon-Parma, Caroline of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carolina; Bourbon-Parma, Carolina Maria Theresia Josephina Princess of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Bourbon Parma |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parma |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1804 |
| Place of death | Dresden |