Father John, King of Saxony Religion Roman Catholic | Name Princess of House House of Wettin | |
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Born 24 May 1840
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony ( 1840-05-24 ) Mother Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria Died September 15, 1858, Monza, Italy Spouse Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (m. 1856–1858) Parents Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, John of Saxony Grandparents Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Caroline of Baden Similar People Archduke Karl Ludwig of, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Princess Maria Annuncia, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Infanta Maria Theresa | ||
Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Prinzessin Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen) (24 May 1840 – 15 September 1858) was the eighth child and fifth eldest daughter of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. She was born in Dresden, then in the Kingdom of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, Margaretha was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany.
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Marriage
Margaretha married Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, third eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, on 4 November 1856 in Dresden. The marriage was happy, but only lasted two years and remained childless.
Death
On a trip to Italy, Margaretha contracted typhoid. She died on 15 September 1858 at the age of 18 in Monza. Her heart was interred in the Hofkapelle in Innsbruck.