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Maria Amalia of Saxony

Dresden, 24 Nov 1724 – Madrid, 27 Sep 1760

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Facts and their sources

  • Born24 Nov 1724, Dresdennot verified1 source
  • MarriedCharles III of Spainnot verified1 source
  • TitleConsort of Spainor Consort of Naples · Consort of Siciliynot verified1 source
  • TitleConsort of Naplesor Consort of Spain · Consort of Siciliynot verified1 source
  • TitleConsort of Siciliyor Consort of Spain · Consort of Naplesnot verified1 source
  • Died27 Sep 1760, Madridnot verified1 source
  • FatherAugustus III of Polandnot verified1 source
  • MotherMaria Josepha of Austrianot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 24 Nov 1724

    Born in Dresden

  2. 1740–1757

    13 children are born

  3. 27 Sep 1760

    Dies in Madrid, aged 35

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 13

During her lifetime

She lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Dresden.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1720s · Maria is born in Dresden

In the news1728

Basque Caracas Company founded for trade

In 1728, the king authorized the formation of the Basque Caracas Company to manage trade with Venezuela, a major source of chocolate and cocoa.

Getting around

Slow Pace of Mail Coach Travel

Travel by mail coach was slow, moving at a walking pace of about 4-5 km/h. A journey from Nuremberg to Leipzig covered roughly 70 hours, and to Regensburg about 20 hours.

At the table

Typical Diet of Ordinary Families

Ordinary families ate a regular daily diet consisting primarily of milk soups, bread with butter or fat, and simple vegetable or fish stews. Meat was a rare luxury usually reserved for Sundays or special occasions.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Limited Wardrobes and Sunday Best

For ordinary people, clothing was strictly divided into everyday wear and Sunday best, as a person's wardrobe was very limited three hundred years ago.

Music

The cornett was a popular civic instrument

Town musicians used the versatile cornett, a wooden instrument with finger holes, for both church services and celebratory civic events.

Daily life

Simple and Frugal Home Interiors

Homes often had low ceilings, whitewashed walls, and floors made of stone or brick that were covered in sand. Rooms were sparsely furnished, and houses frequently lacked clocks, making time-keeping and domestic life simple and frugal.