Maria Josefa Carmela of Spain
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Maria Josefa of Spain (Spanish: María Josefa Carmela de Borbón y Sajonia ; born July 6, 1744 in Gaeta , Kingdom of Naples , † December 8, 1801 in Madrid ) was a princess of Naples and Sicily by birth . When her father Charles III. In 1759, when she ascended the Spanish throne, she became Infanta of Spain. She came to Spain with her family in October 1759 at the age of fifteen. She lived at the court of her father and later with her brother Charles IV of Spain and remained unmarried.
Life
Princess Maria Josefa of Naples and Sicily received the name of her maternal grandmother, Maria Josepha of Austria . Her father had been King of Naples and Sicily since 1734 as part of a personal union . Her parents married in 1738 and Maria Josefa was their first daughter, who was older than five years. At the time of her birth, she was the fourth child of her parents and had an older sister, Ana María Isabel (1743–1749).
Her younger sister Princess María Luisa was chosen over Maria Josefa to marry Leopold II , the son of Empress Maria Theresa and later Grand Duke of Tuscany.
As Princess of Naples and Sicily, she was also an Infanta of Spain through her father. This justified Maria Josefa to bear the title of Royal Highness . Her parents were a loyal couple, her mother Maria Amalia von Sachsen died less than a year after the family arrived in Spain. Her father himself died in 1788. Thereafter, Maria Josefa lived at the Spanish court with her sister-in-law, Maria Luise von Bourbon-Parma , a granddaughter of Louis XV. from France.
Maria Josefa was a candidate to marry the widower Louis XV, whose wife Maria Leszczyńska died in 1768 when Maria Josefa was 24 years old. Louis disagreed, allegedly feeling offended by her young age. Maria Josefa remained single. After the death of her father, she continued to live with her brother Charles IV in the royal palace. She supported the Carmelites in whose monastery St. Teresa wanted to be buried.
She died in the Royal Palace of Madrid at the age of 57 before her brother Charles IV lost the throne and was exiled in 1808. In 1877 her remains were transferred to El Escorial .
title
- July 6, 1744–6. October 1759 Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Josefa of Naples and Sicily, Infanta of Spain
- October 6, 1759–8. December 1801 Her Royal Highness the Infanta Dona Maria Josefa, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Naples and Sicily
ancestors
| Pedigree of Maria Josefa of Spain | ||||||||
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| Great-great-grandparents |
King |
Elector |
Ranuccio II. Farnese , Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1630–1694) |
Elector |
Elector Johann Georg III. von Sachsen (1647–1691) |
Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644–1712) |
Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) |
Duke Johann Friedrich von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1625–1679) |
| Great grandparents |
Louis le Grand Dauphin (1661–1711) |
Odoardo II. Farnese , Hereditary Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1666–1693) |
King August II of Poland (1670–1733) |
Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711) |
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| Grandparents |
King Philip V of Spain (1683–1746) |
King August III. of Poland (1696–1763) |
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| parents |
King Charles III of Spain (1716–1788) |
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Maria Josefa of Spain |
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literature
- El Esperento. María Josefa Carmela de Borbón y Sajonia (1744-1801) . In: José María Zavala: Infantas . ( Digitized version )
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Josefa Carmela of Spain |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | María Josefa Carmela de de Borbón y Sajonia (Spanish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Naples and Sicily, Infanta of Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaeta |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1801 |
| Place of death | Madrid |