Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770–1851)


Maria Christina of Saxony was a Princess of Saxony. She was the Princess of Carignano and later Princess of Montléart by marriage.

Biography

Maria Christina was the only child of Prince Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, himself son of King Augustus III of Poland, and his wife, Franciszka Krasińska. Her parents married secretly in Warsaw in 1760. Her mother was created a princess in her own right due to her marriage.
Her education was in the hands of several private tutors and governesses. She learned philosophy, geography, literature, music, dance, and was taught several languages.
In Turin on 24 October 1797, she married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy Prince of Carignano. They had two children:
Charles Emmanuel died three years after his marriage in a French prison.
On 1 February 1810 she was remarried in Paris to Julius Maximilian de Montléart, 6th Marquis de Rumont, 1st Prince de Montléart. They had five children:
In 1824 Maria Christina and her second husband bought and restored the Schloss Wilhelminenberg in the district of Gallitzinberg.
Maria Christina died in Paris on 24 November 1851 at age 80.

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