Maria Josepha of Saxony was Dauphine of France through her marriage to Louis, the son and heir of Louis XV. She was the mother of three kings of France, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X, as well
Portrait by Jean-Martial Frédou, 1760
Maria Josepha by Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Portrait by Jean Marc Nattier, 1750
Maria Josepha in 1764 (portrait by Anne Baptiste Nivelon; after Maurice Quentin de La Tour)
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Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when
Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France
…1731 – 13 March 1767) was Dauphine of France through her marriage to Louis, the son and heir of Louis XV. She was the mother of three kings of France, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X, as well as the Queen of Sardinia and Madame Élisabeth. Maria Josepha was born on 4 November 1731 in Dresden Castle to…
The young Duke of Berry (right) with his younger brother, the Count of Provence (by François-Hubert Drouais, 1757)
The young duke of Berry painted by Jean-Martial Frédou, c. 1760
Marie Antoinette, queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, with their three eldest children, Marie Thérèse, Louis-Charles and Louis-Joseph (by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1787)