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Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

1724 - 1780

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Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780) was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: Il trionfo della fedeltà (“The triumph of fidelity”) and Talestri, regina delle amazoni (“Talestri, queen of the Amazons”). She was Electress of Saxony as the wife of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria has received more than 152,576 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria is the 242nd most popular composer (down from 235th in 2019), the 969th most popular biography from Germany (down from 909th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Composer.

Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria is most famous for being the sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, or Sisi.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria ranks 242 out of 1,451. Before her are Stanisław Moniuszko, Benedetto Marcello, Charles-Marie Widor, Johan Halvorsen, Johann Adolph Hasse, and Henryk Górecki. After her are Albert Roussel, Alfred Schnittke, Francesco Durante, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Otto Nicolai, and Pierre Schaeffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria ranks 7. Before her are Immanuel Kant, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Cao Xueqin, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Louise of Great Britain. After her are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter von Biron, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Eva Ekeblad, and Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Among people deceased in 1780, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria ranks 5. Before her are Maria Theresa, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Bernardo Bellotto, and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. After her are Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, and Johann Ludwig Krebs.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria ranks 969 out of 7,253. Before her are Tannhäuser (1205), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), and Philipp Otto Runge (1777). After her are Conrad II of Italy (1074), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Alfred Weber (1868), and Franz Ziereis (1905).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria ranks 34. Before her are Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Eduard Künneke (1885), and Johann Adolph Hasse (1699). After her are Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Johann Mattheson (1681), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Hanns Eisler (1898), and Engelbert Humperdinck (1854).

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