Maria Josepha | |
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Tenure | 5 October 1733 –17 November 1757 |
Coronation | 17 January 1734 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków |
Electress consort of Saxony | |
Tenure | 1 February 1733 –17 November 1757 |
Born | Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | 8 December 1699
Died | 17 November 1757 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 57)
Burial | Catholic Court Church, Dresden |
Spouse | |
Issue ...among others |
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House | Habsburg |
Father | Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother | Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick |
Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippine, Polish: Maria Józefa, Lithuanian: Marija Juozapa; 8 December 1699 – 17 November 1757)[1] was the Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Electress of Saxony by marriage to Augustus III. From 1711 to 1717, she was heir presumptive to the Habsburg monarchy.