Read part two here. In correspondence with her brother Xavier, Maria Josepha spoke often about the loss of her eldest son. She even asked his forgiveness for only talking about him, “who occupies her mind and her heart.” The Duke of Berry now became next in the line of succession after his father. In 1763, [read more]
Read part one here. Maria Josepha’s main goal was now to provide an heir to the throne. In January 1749, her “hopes were dashed,” and it was feared that she would not be able to carry a pregnancy to term. Queen Marie spent the evening with Maria Josepha to cheer her up. There was another [read more]
Maria Josepha of Saxony was born on 4 November 1731 as the daughter of Augustus III, King of Poland and Maria Josepha of Austria. She was their ninth child and fifth daughter. On 22 July 1746, María Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Dauphine of France, as the first wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, died shortly [read more]
Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies was born at the Palace of Portici on 24 October 1804, the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife, María Isabella of Spain. She had one surviving half-sister from her father’s first marriage to Maria Clementina of Austria and ten full siblings from [read more]
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was born on 6 December 1803 as the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and his first wife Princess Carolina of Parma. Carolina died just four months after her daughter’s birth. Her two elder brothers both succeeded as King of Saxony. She received a strict religious upbringing from nuns [read more]
Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born on 9 May 1892 in the Reale Villa della Pianore as the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. She was given the names Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese at her baptism on 11 May. She was the fifth child [read more]
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