Maria Josepha of Saxony was 16 when she married the French Dauphin on this day in 1747.Her husband w
Maria Josepha of Saxony was 16 when she married the French Dauphin on this day in 1747.Her husband was in mourning for the death of his first wife, who had died less than 12 months before. He did eventually fall in love with Maria Josepha, but his own early death meant that she never got to be Queen of France.Find out more at The Creative Historian. -- source link
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