Princess Maria Christina of Saxony
Maria Christina of Saxony (December 7 1770 - Paris, November 24 1851) was a Princess of Saxony and Duchess of Courland.
Maria Christina was the daughter of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, himself son of August III of Poland. Her mother was Franziska von Corvin-Krasinski.
She married on October 24 1797 in Turin with Charles
Emmanuel of Savoy, 6th Prince of Carignano.
They had two children:
- Charles Albert (1798 – 1849), Prince of Carignano, and King of Sardinia
- Maria Elisabeth (1800 – 1856), Princess of Carignano, married Archduke Rainer of Austria
Charles Emmanuel died three years after his marriage in a French prison.
On February 1 1816 she remarried in Paris with Julius Maximilian de Montléart, Prince of Montléart (1787-1865). they had no children.
Maria Christina died in Paris on November 24 1851 at age 80.
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