Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

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portrait jean marc nattier, 1751


prior marriage, tradition demanded bride wear bracelet had picture of father on it; queen seeing dauphine asked see bracelet. witty maria josepha revealing bracelet queen showed portrait of queen s father. dauphine said portrait represented fact duke of lorraine maria josepha s grandfather marriage. queen , court impressed tact of girl of 15 years. dauphine close father-in-law louis xv.


at time of marriage, dauphin still grieving spanish wife. grief public on part of dauphin maria josepha praised conquering heart of dauphin bit bit . despite maria josepha being patient wife, dauphin s grief worsened in april 1748 when child infanta died @ age of two. dauphin affected child s death. maria josepha later commissioned painting (now lost) of stepdaughter left on cradle.


the new dauphine grateful madame de pompadour helping arrange marriage, , maintained relationship royal mistress.


like husband, maria josepha devout. mother-in-law, formed counterbalance libertine behaviour of father-in-law , court. couple not fond of various entertainments held @ versailles every week, preferring stay in apartments can still seen on ground floor of versailles overlooking orangerie.


the couple s first child daughter, born in 1750 on feast day of saint zephyrinus , named marie zéphyrine. birth greeted joy parents though louis xv had been disappointed child not male. died in 1755. second child, louis, born on 15 september 1751. royal couple concentrated time , energy on eldest son other children suffered neglect. died on 22 march 1761 after having fallen toy horse. started limping , tumour began grow on hip. operated on, never recovered use of legs. couple s second son, xavier, born in 1753, , died year later. result, third son, louis auguste, born on 23 august 1754, became second in line french throne after father.


thanks maria josepha s close relationship king , dauphin, relationship between father , son repaired. dauphin @ center of dévots, group of religious-minded men hoped gain power when succeeded throne. against way louis xv openly had affairs @ court in blatant view of queen. naturally not popular louis xv.


her father-in-law named loving daughter-in-law la triste pepa; in 1756, frederick ii of prussia invaded native saxony , started 7 years war, france later joined. politically reserved, exerted herself once, in 1762, in vain, preservation of society of jesus in france. society had been dissolved order of parlement of paris, inspired jansenist magistrates, against of king.








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