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Sajonia, María Josefa Amalia de (1803-1829, reina consorte de España)Other forms
1803-12-07 - Palacio Real de Aranjuez (Madrid, España) 1829-05-18
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was Queen Consort of Spain (1819-1829) and third wife of King Ferdinand VII. She was the daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and Princess Caroline of Bourbon-Parma. When she was three she was orphaned and sent to a convent next to Elba River, which she left in order to marry the king. Devoted and fond of poetry, she died in the Aranjuez Palace (Madrid) with no offspring.
Era hija del príncipe Maximiliano de Sajonia y la princesa Carolina de Borbón-Parma.
Historia de España. La España de Fernando VII/dirigida por R. Menéndez Pidal; por Miguel Artola Gallego. 2ª ed.-Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1989.
RUBIO ARAGONÉS M.J. Reinas de España: las Austrias. Siglos XV-XVIII, de Isabel la Católica a Mariana de Neoburgo.-Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2010
Oracion funebre de Doña Maria Josefa Amalia de Sajonia Reina de España y de Las Indias...