Maria Amalia of Saxony
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Maria Amalia of Saxony was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19
Maria Amalia as a child, by Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Maria Amalia of Saxony depicted in 1738 in Polish attire by Louis de Silvestre, Museo del Prado
Equestrian Portrait of Queen Maria Amalia by Francesco Liani
Posthumous portrait of Queen Maria Amelia by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1761
Augustus III of Poland
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Augustus III of Poland was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II.
Maria Amalia of Saxony
…Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria…
Portrait by Louis de Silvestre
Reception of Augustus at Versailles by Louis XIV, 1714
Augustus, aged 19 years in 1715 by Nicolas de Largillière
Prince Frederick Augustus, by Louis de Silvestre, 1727