Maria Christina of Saxony (1735–1782)
Maria Christina Anna Theresia Salomea Eulalia Franziska Xaveria of Saxony and Poland (* February 12, 1735 in Warsaw , † November 19, 1782 in Brumath ) was an Electoral Saxon-Polish princess who came from the Albertine line of the Wettiner dynasty and later became a star cross and abbess of the Free worldly imperial monastery in Remiremont .
Life
Maria Christina was the daughter of the Elector and King August III. of Saxony and Poland (1696–1763) and his wife, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757), daughter of Emperor Joseph I and Princess Amalia Wilhelmine of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Her paternal grandparents were Elector and King August II the Strong and Princess Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth . The parents attached great importance to a good upbringing of their children, also for the princesses. Maria Christina received lessons in Latin , French , Polish , philosophy , geography , religion , drawing , music and dance .
During the tenure of Princess Anne Charlotte de Lorraine (at Luneville, Lorraine, France 1714 - at Mons, Belgium 1773), Maria Christina was elected coadjutor in 1764 with the right of succession (as abbess). The election was unanimous, which is not surprising, given that 45,000 guilders had flowed from Vienna and Dresden to the canons and canons in Remiremont who were eligible to vote. After the death of the ailing predecessor Anne Charlotte de Lorraine, who was 59 years old when Maria Christina was elected, Princess Maria Christiana assumed the office of abbess in Remiremont in November 1773. As princess abbess in Remiremont, she had a seat and vote in the Reichstag , all rights and duties of an imperial princess (such as lower jurisdiction , tax law , legislation , coinage and military succession ), and enjoyed immunity from secular violence .
Princess Maria Christina died on November 19, 1782 in Brumath, in the castle, today's Protestant church, and was buried in the crypt at Remiremont, Departement des Vosges.
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SURNAME | Maria Christina of Saxony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Christina Anna Theresia Salomea Eulalia Franziska Xaveria of Saxony and Poland |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Electoral Saxon-Polish princess, later lady of the star cross and princess abbess of the free worldly imperial monastery in Remiremont |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1735 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1782 |
Place of death | Brumath |