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Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770–1851)

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Maria Christina

Princess of Montléart

Princess of Carignan

Spouse Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan

Julius Maximilian de Montléart, Prince of Montléart

Issue

Charles Albert, King of Sardinia

Maria Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria

Full name

Maria Christina Albertina Carolina

Father Charles of Saxony

Mother Countess Franziska von Corvin-Krasinski

Born 7 December 1770(1770-12-07)

Dresden

Died 24 November 1851 (aged 80)

Paris

Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (Maria Christina Albertina Carolina; 7 December 1770 – 24 November 1851) was a Princess of Saxony and Duchess of Courland. She was the only child of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, and his morganatic wife, Franziska von Corvin-Krasinska.

Maria Christina was the daughter of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, himself son of August III of Poland, and his morganatic wife Franziska von Corvin-Krasinski. Her parents married secrely in Warsaw in 1760. Her mother was created a princess (Princess Franziska von Corvin-Krasinski) in her own right due to her marriage.

She married on 24 October 1797 in Turin Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano.

They had two children:

   * Charles Albert (1798 – 1849), Prince of Carignan, and King of Sardinia and had issue.

   * Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina (1800 – 1856), married Archduke Rainer of Austria and had issue.

Charles Emmanuel died three years after his marriage in a French prison.

On 1 February 1816 she was remarried in Paris to Julius Maximilian de Montléart, Prince of Montléart (1787-1865). They had no children.

Maria Christina died in Paris on 24 November 1851 at age 80.

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