Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799–1832)
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Marie Anna of Saxony (15 November 1799 – 24 March 1832), (full name: Maria Anna Carolina Josepha Vincentia Xaveria Nepomucena Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Johanna Antonia Elisabeth Cunigunde Gertrud Leopoldina), was a princess of Saxony. She became Grand Duchess of Tuscany by her marriage to Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Family
Marie Anna was born in
Her father was a son of
Life
During her short life she showed a special interest for ancient paintings and classical poetry, acquiring the Liber Interitus by Horace for an unknown but extremely high price. She was inspired by Gnostic writings to write a short poet entitled Chuchotet d'Archont, published posthumously. Along with her husband she was the founding patron of L'Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata, the first female boarding school in Florence set up to educate aristocratic and noble young ladies. She died in Italy of tuberculosis she passed onto Auguste, her only surviving daughter.
Marriage and issue
Her husband's granddaughter
They had three children, only one of whom lived to mature adulthood:
- Carolina Augusta Elisabeth Vincentia Johanna Josepha of Austria (1822–1841)
- Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825–1864)
- Maria Maximiliana Thekla Johanna Josepha of Austria (1827–1834), died in childhood.
After Maria Anna's death at Pisa in 1832, her husband married Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies.
Ancestry
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References
Sources
- Toscana, Luise von (1911). My Own Story. London: Ballantyne & Company LTD.