Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain

Maria Antonia of Spain (Spanish: María Antonia Fernanda ) (* November 17, 1729 in Seville, † September 19, 1785 in Moncalieri near Turin ) was an Infanta of Spain and by marriage Queen of Sardinia - Piedmont.

Life

She was born as the youngest daughter of the Spanish King Philip V and his wife Elisabetta Farnese in Seville.

On 31 May 1750, it was in Oulx near Turin with Prince Victor Amadeus of Sardinia, Duke of Aosta and Savoy, later King Victor Amadeus III. married.

Three of her sons followed her husband as kings of Sardinia. From her daughters were two to France, married a third to Saxony, but none of them should be queen. All three died before the throne of their husbands.

Queen Maria Antonia died on September 19, 1785 in the Royal Castle of Moncalieri near Turin, and was buried in the Basilica di Superga near Turin.

Progeny

The couple had twelve children:

• Charles Emmanuel IV ( born May 24, 1751 † October 6, 1819 ), King of Sardinia
• Carlotta Isabella ( * July 16, 1752, † April 17, 1753 ), Princess of Savoy
• Maria Josepha of Savoy ( September 2, 1753 *, † November 13, 1810 ) ∞ 1771 King Louis XVIII. of France
• Alessandro Amedeo ( born October 5, 1754 † April 29, 1755 ), Duke of Montferrat
• Maria Teresia (* January 31, 1756, † June 2, 1805 ) ∞ 1773, King Charles X of France
• Maria Anna (* December 17, 1757, † October 11, 1824 ) ∞ 1775 Maurice of Savoy, Duke of Chablais
• Victor Emmanuel I. ( born July 24, 1759 † January 10, 1824 ), King of Sardinia
• Maria Giuseppa (* November 21, 1760, † May 19, 1768 ), Princess of Savoy
• Maurizio Giuseppe ( * December 13, 1762, † September 1, 1799 ), Duke of Montferrat
• Maria Carolina ( born January 17, 1764 † December 28, 1782 ) ∞ 1781 King Anton I. von Sachsen
• Karl Felix I. (* April 6, 1765, † April 27, 1831 ), King of Sardinia
• Giuseppe Benedetto (* October 5, 1766, † October 29, 1802 ), Count of Maurienne and Asti