Princess Anna Maria of Saxony
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Princess Anna Maria of Saxony | |
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Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany | |
Born | 4 January 1836 Dresden, Saxony |
Died | 10 February 1859 (aged 23) Naples, Two Sicilies |
Spouse | Ferdinando, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany |
Issue | Archduchess Maria Antonietta |
Full name | |
Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta | |
House | Wettin (by birth) Habsburg-Lorraine (Tuscany branch by marriage) |
Father | John of Saxony |
Mother | Amalie Auguste of Bavaria |
Burial | March 17 1859 Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Princess Anna Maria of Saxony (Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta; 4 January 1836 - 10 February 1859) was born a princess of the Kingdom of Saxony but married the Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany, himself the heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany then ruled by a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She died in Naples aged twenty-three. On 17 March she was solemnly buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, while her heart was placed in the Cappella dei Borbone in the Basilica di Santa Chiara in Naples.
Marriage[edit]
On 24 November 1856, she married Ferdinando, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany (future Grand Duke)
Children[edit]
- Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (10 January 1858 - 13 April 1883) never married.
Titles and styles[edit]
- 4 January 1836 – 24 November 1856 Her Royal Highness Princess Anna Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony.
- 24 November 1856 – 10 February 1859 Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany.
Honours[edit]
- Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross (Austria)
- Dame of the Order of Saint Elisabeth (Bavaria)
Categories:
- 1836 births
- 1859 deaths
- House of Wettin
- Saxon princesses
- People from Dresden
- Archduchesses of Austria by marriage
- Burials in the Basilica of San Lorenzo
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine (Tuscany)
- Hereditary Grand Duchesses of Tuscany
- Dames of the Order of the Starry Cross
- Dames of the Order of Saint Elisabeth
- Princesses of Tuscany by marriage