Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony

Franz Xaver Albert August Ludwig Benno of Saxony, Duke of Lusatia ( born August 25, 1730 in Dresden, † June 21, 1806 in Zabeltitz ); originating from the house of the Albertine Wettin Prince of Saxony and Poland and Regent (Administrator) of the Electorate of Saxony from 1763 to 1768.

Family

He was the eighth child and fourth son of Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (as of August III. ), And the Austrian Archduchess Maria Josepha ( daughter of Emperor Joseph I), and thus grandson of Augustus the Strong. Since his first-born brothers had already died, he stood by his brother, later Elector Friedrich Christian, until the birth of his son, second only to the throne.

Life

After the death of his elder brother, the Elector Frederick Christian, who had reigned for only 74 days passed to Prince Franz Xaver together with his sister Maria Antonia, the widow of the Elector, the guardianship regent for his minor nephew Friedrich August III. and continued the enlightened reforms of his brother, also known as rétablissement.

Franz Xaver made ​​in October 1765 against the resistance of the Elector widow, due to the year ended April 11, 1764 between Prussia and Russia pact, only formal renunciation of the Polish crown to King Stanisław August Poniatowski.

In the same year he founded the Mining Academy Freiberg.

The initiated by Franz Xaver modeled after Prussia's army reform met with the Estates in particular because of the high cost to violent rejection.

The guardianship regent for the underage Prince Elector ended in accordance with the provisions of the Golden Bull of 1356 by reaching the 18th year in December in 1768.

On March 9, 1765 Franz Xaver married in morganatic marriage the maid of honor his sister, Clara Maria Spinucci, which was in 1767 raised to the Countess of Lausitz. From 1769 lived in France Franz Xaver ( Comte de Lusace = Count of the Lausitz), which he left at the beginning of the French Revolution. After more years in Rome, he returned to the death of his wife back to Saxony and lived in seclusion at Castle Zabeltitz.

Progeny

With Clara Maria (also: Chiara ) Spinucci (* August 30, 1741, † November 22, 1792 ) he had ten children:

  • Louis Ruprecht Joseph Xavier ( born March 27, 1766 in Dresden, † August 22, 1782 in Pont -sur -Seine in a duel )
  • Clara Maria Augusta Beatrice ( * March 27, 1766 in Dresden, † November 18, 1766 ibid.)
  • Joseph Xavier Raphael Karl Philipp Benno ( born August 23, 1767 in Dresden, † 26 June 1802 in Teplitz ), called the Chevalier de Saxe
  • Elisabeth Ursula Anna Cordula Xaveria ( born October 22, 1768 in Dresden, † May 3, 1844 ibid ), called Mademoiselle de Saxe, ∞ (8 November 1787) Henri de Preissac, duc d' Esclignac de Fimarcon Lomagne, Grandee of Spain (1763-1837)
  • Maria Anna Katharina Martha Violante Xaveria ( born October 20, 1770 in Siena, † December 24, 1845 in Rome) ∞ (15 October 1793) Don Principe Paluzzo Altieri, Principe di Oriolo
  • Beatrix Marie Françoise Brigitte ( born 1 February 1772 in Chaumot; † February 6, 1806 in Dresden) ∞ (18 February 1794) Don Raffaele Riario Sforza, Marchese di Corleto
  • Cunegonde Anna Helena Maria Josepha ( born March 18, 1774 Chaumot; † 18 October 1828 in Rome) ∞ ( 1795) Don Giovanni Marchese Patrizi Naro Montoro
  • Christina Maria Sabina ( born December 30, 1775 in Pont -sur -Seine; † August 20, 1837 in Rome) ∞ (24 March 1796) Don Camillo Massimiliano Massimo, Principe di Arsoli. Her son was the Cardinal Franz Xaver Massimo ( 1806-1848 ).
  • Stillborn son (* / † December 22, 1777 in Pont -sur- Seine)
  • Cecilie Marie Adelaide Augustine (born 17 December 1779 in Pont -sur -Seine, † 24 June 1781 ibid.)

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)

Franz Xaver of Saxony

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria Regency John George II, Elector of Saxony Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor Philip William, Elector Palatine Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern Anne Gonzaga Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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