Maria Augusta of Saxony
Princess Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Franziska Xaveria Aloysia of Saxony (born June 21, 1782 in Dresden ; † March 14, 1863 there ) was a Saxon princess and heiress to the Polish throne from the house of the Albertine Wettins .
Life
Augusta was the only surviving child of Elector Friedrich August III. von Sachsen (1750–1827) from his marriage to Amalie (1752–1828), daughter of Count Palatine Friedrich Michael von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld .
On the basis of Article 7 of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, Augusta's father was appointed as the successor to King Stanislaus II of Poland and Augusta was declared heir to the throne in Poland. However, Friedrich August renounced the Polish crown, which made the article irrelevant.
In 1806 Augusta's father became King of Saxony and Augusta became the first royal Saxon princess. Plans to marry her into a house that would support her claim to the Polish throne failed. Her father's heir as King of Saxony was his brother Anton . Augusta remained unmarried. She died at the age of 80 and was buried in the Great Wettiner Crypt of the Dresden Court Church.
literature
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Auguste . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 684.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Augusta of Saxony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Franziska Xaveria Aloysia of Saxony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon princess and Polish heir to the throne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1863 |
| Place of death | Dresden |