Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria - Marriage

Marriage

In Munich on 13 June 1747 (by proxy) and again in Dresden on 20 June 1747 (in person) she married Friedrich Christian, the heir to the Electorate of Saxony; that same year she became a member of the Accademia dell’Arcadia of Rome, a significant institution in operatic reform. With her marriage, she moved to Dresden. She had nine children with Friedrich Christian, seven of whom survived infancy.

• A son (b. and d. Dresden, 9 June 1748).
• Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. Dresden, 23 December 1750 - d. Dresden, 5 May 1827), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (since 11 December 1806). married Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, had issue;
• Karl Maximilian Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz Xavier Januar (b. Dresden, 24 September 1752 - d. Dresden, 8 September 1781), known as Karl.
• Joseph Maria Ludwig Johann Nepomuck Aloys Gonzaga Franz Xavier Januar Anton de Padua Polycarp (b. Dresden, 26 January 1754 - d. Dresden, 25 March 1763).
• Anthony of Saxony (b. Dresden, 27 December 1755 - d. Pillnitz, 6 June 1836), successor of his older brother as King of Saxony (1827). married Princess Marie Caroline of Savoy no issue; married Maria Theresa of Austria no surviving issue;
• Maria Amalia of Saxony (b. Dresden, 26 September 1757 - d. Neuburg, 20 April 1831), known as Maria Amalia; married on 12 February 1774 to Duke Karl II August of Zweibrücken.
• Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony (b. Dresden, 13 April 1759 - d. Dresden, 3 January 1838), known as Maximilian.
• Theresia Maria Josepha Magdalena Anna Antonia Walburga Ignatia Xaveria Augustina Aloysia Fortunata (b. Munich, 27 February 1761 - d. Dresden, 26 November 1820), known as Maria Anna.
• Stillborn son (1762).