Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony

Prince Maximilian of Saxony (Maximilian Maria Joseph Anton Johann Baptist Johann Evangelista Ignaz Augustin Xavier Aloys Johann Nepomuk Januar Hermenegild Agnellis Paschalis; Dresden, 13 April 1759 – Dresden, 3 January 1838) was a German prince and a member of the House of Wettin. He was the sixth but third and youngest surviving son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, and the composer Duchess Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria.

Prince Maximilian
Hereditary Prince of Saxony
Tenure5 May 1827 – 1 September 1830
PredecessorAnthony
SuccessorFrederick Augustus
Born(1759-04-13)13 April 1759
Dresden
Died3 January 1838(1838-01-03) (aged 78)
Dresden
Burial
Katholische Hofkirche
Spouse
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    (m. 1792; died 1804)​
      IssuePrincess Amalie
      Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
      Frederick Augustus II
      Prince Clemens
      Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
      John I
      Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain
      Full name
      German: Maximilian Maria Joseph Anton Johann Baptist Johann Evangelista Ignaz Augustin Xavier Aloys Johann Nepomuk Januar Hermenegild Agnellis Paschalis
      HouseWettin
      FatherFrederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
      MotherMaria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria
      ReligionRoman Catholicism

      Life

      Since he was the youngest son of the family, Maximilian initially had little chance to inherit the Electorate of Saxony. However, by 1800, Maximilian was the third in line to the Electorate, because all the children of his two older brothers, Frederick Augustus and Anthony, died in infancy, except Maria Augusta, Frederick Augustus's only surviving offspring. After the creation of the Kingdom of Saxony in 1806, Maximilian became a Prince of Saxony.

      After the death of Frederick Augustus in 1827, Anthony succeeded him as King. Maximilian became first in line to the Saxon throne as Hereditary Prince (German: Thronfolger). However, three years later, on 1 September 1830, during the Autumn Disturbances, he renounced his rights of succession in favour of his eldest son, Frederick Augustus. He died eight years later, aged seventy-eight.

      Marriages and issue

      In Parma on 22 April 1792 (by proxy) and again in Dresden on 9 May 1792 (in person), Maximilian married firstly, with the Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Parma (Maria Carolina Teresa Giuseppa), eldest child of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma and Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, a sister-in-law of his uncle Albert, Prince of Saxony and Duke of Teschen. Maxilimian and Carolina had seven children:

      In Lucca on 15 October 1825 (by proxy) and again in Dresden on 7 November 1825 (in person), Maximilian married Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (Maria Luisa Carlotta), daughter of King Louis of Etruria and niece of his first wife, Carolina. She was forty-three years younger than her husband. They had no children.

      Honours

      Ancestry

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