Maria Carolina of Savoy

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Maria Carolina von Savoyen (also Maria Carolina von Sardinien , Italian Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaide di Savoia ; * January 17, 1764 in Turin , † December 28, 1782 in Dresden ) was a Princess of Sardinia from the House of Savoy and by marriage Princess of Saxony .

Life

Maria Carolina came as the tenth child and the youngest daughter of King Viktor Amadeus III. of Sardinia-Piedmont and his wife Maria Antonia of Spain in the royal palace of Turin. Together with her two younger brothers Karl Felix and Giuseppe Benedetto, she grew up in the care of her governess, Countess Radicati.

In the presence of the entire royal family, she was married by procurationem to the electoral Saxon prince and later King Anton I on September 29, 1781 at 4 p.m. in the chapel of the Castello di Moncalieri . The groom was represented at the ceremony by the bride's eldest brother, Karl Emanuel . In addition to many members of the Sardinian court and high-ranking clergy, Camillo Marcolini was also present at the ceremony in his capacity as the Saxon special envoy. The following day, Maria Carolina left Turin for Saxony. Her family accompanied her to Vercelli , because the princess found it extremely difficult to separate from her relatives. From Vercelli her journey went via Milan , Roveredo in Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria, to Augsburg , where the tour company arrived on October 14th. There two of her companions officially handed over the princess to Camillo Marcolini as a representative of the Electoral Saxon court.

On October 24, 1781, Maria Carolina finally arrived in Dresden at 11 a.m. , where she met her husband, the heir to the throne , in person for the first time. The same evening at 6 o'clock the solemn marriage of the bride and groom took place in the Catholic Court Church . This was followed by festivities lasting several days, including court balls and opera performances, which lasted until October 28th.

Just one year after the marriage, the princess died on December 28, 1782 at the age of only 18 from complications from smallpox , leaving no children behind. She was buried in the Great Wettiner Crypt of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden.

She recently discovered the aria Per costume o mio bel Nume , which identifies her as a highly educated composer. It is believed that she was in contact with the musicians of the Dresden court orchestra or with Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Saxony .

literature

  • Costantino Nigra: Canzoni popolari del Piemonte. In: Rivista contemporanea. Vol. 10, Volume 31. Stamp. dell'unione tipografico-editrice, Turin 1862, pp. 27-29 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Maria Carolina of Savoy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ilcastellodiaglie.it ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b C. Nigra: Canzoni popolari del Piemonte , p. 27.
  3. ^ C. Nigra: Canzoni popolari del Piemonte , p. 28.
  4. ^ A b Martin B. Lindau: History of the capital and residence city of Dresden from the earliest to the present time. Volume 2, Issue 7. Kuntze, Dresden 1860, p. 513 ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ Martin B. Lindau: History of the capital and residence city of Dresden from the earliest to the present time. Volume 2, Issue 7. Kuntze, Dresden 1860, p. 514 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Nina Eichholz: A new composer is born. , Accessed January 30, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Maria Carolina of Savoy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaide di Savoia; Maria Carolina of Sardinia; Maria Carolina of Saxony; Maria Charlotte of Sardinia; Maria Charlotte of Saxony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Sardinia and by marriage Princess of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1782
Place of death Dresden