Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
Maria Anna Sophie Sabina Angela Franziska Xaveria, Princess of Poland and Saxony ( born August 29, 1728 in Dresden, † February 17, 1797 in Munich) was by marriage Electress of Bavaria.
Life
Maria Anna was the daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (as of August III. ), And the Austrian Archduchess Maria Josefa ( daughter of Emperor Joseph I) and thus granddaughter of Augustus the Strong. In total she had 14 siblings, including the later Elector of Saxony, Friedrich Christian and the French heiress Maria Josepha.
Maria Anna married in 1747 the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III. Joseph. However, the marriage remained childless and the old Bavarian line of the Wittelsbach died in 1777 with Maximilian III. Joseph from. As a widow seat they chose after his death lock Fuerstenried.
She was buried in the Theatinerkirche to Munich. Her heart was buried separately and is located in the chapel Altöttings.
Drive up
Elector Johann Georg II (1613-1680) ∞ 1638 Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg- Bayreuth (1612-1687)
King Friedrich III. (1609-1670) ∞ 1643 Sophie Amalie of Brunswick- Calenberg (1628-1685)
Erdmann August von Brandenburg -Bayreuth (1615-1651) ∞ 1641 Sophie of Brandenburg- Ansbach (1614-1646)
Duke Eberhard III. (1614-1674) ∞ 1637 Anna Katharina Dorothea von Salm- Kyrburg (1614-1655)
Kaiser Ferdinand III. (1608-1657) ∞ 1631 Maria Anna of Spain (1606-1646)
Elector Philipp Wilhelm of the Palatinate (1615-1690) ∞ 1653 Elisabeth Amalia of Hesse- Darmstadt (1635-1709)
Duke Georg (1582-1641) ∞ 1617 Anna Eleonore of Hesse- Darmstadt (1601-1659)
Edward of the Palatinate (1625-1663) ∞ 1645 Anna Gonzaga (1616-1684)
Elector Johann Georg III. (1647-1691) ∞ 1666 Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway (1647-1717)
Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg- Bayreuth (1644-1712) ∞ 1671 Sophie Luise of Württemberg (1642-1702)
Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) ∞ 1676 Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate (1655-1720)
Duke Johann Friedrich of Brunswick- Calenberg (1625-1679) ∞ 1668 Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652-1730)
King August II (1670-1733) ∞ 1693 Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg -Bayreuth (1671-1727)
Emperor Joseph I (1678-1711) ∞ 1699 Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick- Calenberg (1673-1742)
King August III. (1696-1763) ∞ 1719 Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757)
Maria Anna of Saxony
Varia
The magnificently decorated, Ignaz Günther attributed alliance coat of arms of Bavaria - Saxony in the gable of the Theatinerkirche commemorates the marriage of Anna Maria with Maximilian III Joseph.