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Maria Amalia of Saxony

1724 - 1760

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Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga; 24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Amalia of Saxony has received more than 370,718 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Maria Amalia of Saxony is the 112th most popular companion (down from 105th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Germany (down from 408th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Companion.

Maria Amalia of Saxony was born in 1724 and died in 1780. She was the daughter of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria. She married Louis XVI of France and became Queen of France and Navarre. She is most famous for being a queen.

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Among companions, Maria Amalia of Saxony ranks 112 out of 784. Before her are Halime Hatun, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Margaret Tudor, Bianca Maria Sforza, Elena of Montenegro, and Inês de Castro. After her are Louise of Sweden, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Maria Amalia of Saxony ranks 2. Before her is Immanuel Kant. After her are Cao Xueqin, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Louise of Great Britain, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter von Biron, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Eva Ekeblad. Among people deceased in 1760, Maria Amalia of Saxony ranks 4. Before her are George II of Great Britain, Baal Shem Tov, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After her are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Alaungpaya, Christoph Graupner, Adrien Manglard, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and George Clifford III.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maria Amalia of Saxony ranks 444 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Krebs (1898), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Walther Bothe (1891), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), and Gregor Strasser (1892). After her are Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Victoria of Baden (1862), Conradin (1252), and Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Maria Amalia of Saxony ranks 15. Before her are Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Katharina von Bora (1498), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Frederica of Hanover (1917), and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776). After her are Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860).

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