Comtesse de Provence
| Marie Joséphine of Savoy | |||||
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Marie Joséphine of Savoy
(by Alexander Kucharsky, c. 1790) |
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| Born |
2 September 1753 Royal Palace of Turin, Turin |
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| Died | 13 November 1810 (aged 57) Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, England |
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| Burial | Cagliari Cathedral, Cagliari | ||||
| Spouse | Louis XVIII of France | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| Father | Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia | ||||
| Mother | Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Italian: Maria Giuseppina Luigia |
Marie Joséphine Louise of Savoy (Italian: Maria Giuseppina Luigia; 2 September 1753 – 13 November 1810) was a Princess of France and Countess of Provence by marriage to the future King Louis XVIII of France. She was by Bourbon Royalists regarded as titular Queen of France from the death of her husband's nephew, the titular King Louis XVII of France in 1795, when her husband assumed the title of King, until her death, but in reality never had this title, as she died before he truly became King in 1814.
Marie Joséphine was born at the Royal Palace of Turin on 2 September 1753 as the third child and second daughter of Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy and Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. At the time of her birth, her paternal grandfather Charles Emmanuel III was the King of Sardinia, thus her parents were styled Duke and Duchess of Savoy. Her brothers included the last three kings of Sardinia from the senior line of the House of Savoy: the future Charles Emmanuel IV, Victor Emmanuel I, and Charles Felix.
Marie Joséphine was engaged to the French Prince Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence. Her aunts, Maria Luisa of Savoy and Eleonora of Savoy, were once proposed as brides for Louis Stanislas's father Louis.
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