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Through her marriage with Augustus of Saxony she became Electress of Saxony. She was renowned for her knowledge of plants and her skill in the preparation of herbal remedies, and contributed to the development of farming and horticulture in Saxony.
The consorts usually referred to as Electresses, therefore, were: The Electress of the Palatinate; The Electress of Saxony; The Electress of Brandenburg. To these were added, in 1623 and 1692 respectively: The Electress of Bavaria; The Electress of Hanover.
Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780) was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: Il trionfo della fedeltà (“The triumph of fidelity”) and Talestri, regina delle amazoni (“Talestri, queen of the Amazons”).
7 de jul. de 2021 · Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony, was an artistic polymath who helped re-shape elite culture in the Enlightenment age. An eighteenth-century portrait of Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, by Peter Jacob Horemans. Credit: Heritage Images / Getty Images.
22 de mar. de 2011 · Also known as Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724-1780) was Electress of Saxony as well as a composer, singer, harpsichordist and arts patron. In the same year that she wed (1747) she also joined the Accademia dell’Arcadia of Rome which sought to reform opera.
Anna of Saxony was born on November 22, 1532 at Hadersleben, Denmark to Dorothea of Saxony-Lauenburg and Christian III, the future king of Denmark. She married Duke August of Saxony on October 7, 1548 at Torgau, Saxony, and when he inherited the title Elector of Saxony in 1553, she became the electress.
Princess Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II and the sister to Anne of Denmark, James I’s Queen. She married the Elector of Saxony in 1602 and after his death in 1611 wielded considerable power and exploiting her relations with the English and Danish crown to keep her territories out of the Thirty Years’ War.
