Maria Antonia of Spain
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Maria Antonia of Spain (Spanish: María Antonia Fernanda ) (born November 17, 1729 in Seville , † September 19, 1785 in Moncalieri near Turin ) was an infanta of Spain and queen of Sardinia-Piedmont by marriage .
Life
Maria Antonia was born as the youngest daughter of the Spanish king Philip V and his second wife Elisabetta Farnese in the royal palace Alcázar of Seville . The Treaty of Seville , which ended the Anglo-Spanish War , had been signed a week earlier . Maria Antonia spent her early childhood in her native city before moving to Madrid in 1733 .
On May 31, 1750 she was in Oulx near Turin with Prince Viktor Amadeus of Sardinia-Piedmont, Duke of Aosta and Savoy, who later became King Viktor Amadeus III. married.
Three of her sons succeeded their husband as kings of Sardinia. Two of their daughters were married to France and a third to Saxony, but none of them was to become queen. All three died before their husbands acceded to the throne.
Queen Maria Antonia died on September 19, 1785 in the royal castle of Moncalieri near Turin and was buried in the Basilica di Superga near Turin.
ancestors
| Louis XIV , King of France (1638–1715) | |||||||||||||
| Louis de Bourbon Dauphin of France (1661–1711) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Teresa of Spain (1638–1683) | |||||||||||||
| Philip V King of Spain (1683–1746) | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand Maria , Elector of Bavaria (1636–1679) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660–1690) | |||||||||||||
| Henriette Adelheid of Savoy (1636–1676) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Antonia of Spain | |||||||||||||
| Ranuccio II Farnese (1630-1694) | |||||||||||||
| Odoardo II Farnese (1666-1693) | |||||||||||||
| Isabella d´Este (1635–1666) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Philipp Wilhelm , Elector Palatinate (1615–1690) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate (1670–1748) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt (1635–1709) | |||||||||||||
progeny
The couple had twelve children:
- Charles Emanuel IV (24 May 1751 - 6 October 1819), King of Sardinia.
- Maria Elisabetta Carlotta of Savoy (July 16, 1752 - April 17, 1753), Princess of Savoy.
- Maria Josepha of Savoy (September 2, 1753 - November 13, 1810) ⚭ 1771 King Louis XVIII. of France .
- Amedeo Alessandro of Savoy (October 5, 1754 - April 29, 1755), Duke of Montferrat.
- Maria Teresa of Savoy (born January 31, 1756 - † June 2, 1805) König 1773 King Charles X of France .
- Maria Anna of Savoy (* December 17, 1757 - October 11, 1824) ⚭ 1775 Moritz von Savoyen, Duke of Chablais .
- Victor Emanuel I (July 24, 1759 - January 10, 1824), King of Sardinia.
- Maria Giuseppa of Savoy (born November 21, 1760 - May 19, 1768), Princess of Savoy.
- Maurizio Giuseppe (December 13, 1762 - September 1, 1799), Duke of Montferrat.
- Maria Carolina of Savoy (January 17, 1764 - December 28, 1782) ⚭ 1781 King Anton I of Saxony .
- Karl Felix I (April 6, 1765 - April 27, 1831), King of Sardinia.
- Giuseppe of Savoy (October 5, 1766 - October 29, 1802), Count of Maurienne and Asti.
literature
- Jean-Fred Tourtchine (Ed.): Le Royaume d'Espagne . Volume 3. Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Européenes, Paris 1996, ISSN 0993-3964 , p. 138. (= Les Manuscrits du Cedre, No. 17)
- Rafael Guerrero Elecalde: María Antonia Fernanda de Borbón , in: Diccionario biográfico español , Madrid 2009–2013, online version
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine | Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont 1773–1785 |
Clothilde of France |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Antonia of Spain |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spain, Maria Antonia of; Borbón, María Antonieta de; Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain; María Antonia Fernanda (Spanish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Infanta of Spain, Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont by marriage |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1785 |
| Place of death | Moncalieri |