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# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:44.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-josepha-of-saxony-dauphine-of-france"
name: "Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France"
slug: "maria-josepha-of-saxony-dauphine-of-france"
description: "She never ruled France, but three of her sons did. Maria Josepha of Saxony married the heir and died before he took the throne — yet her children became Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X."
tagline: "Dauphine of France (1731-1767)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Agen)_Portrait_de_Marie-Jos%C3%A8phe_de_Saxe%2C_dauphine_de_France_-_Jean-Marc_Nattier_-_Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_d'Agen.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1731-11-04"
deathDate: "1767-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.91
  momentum:             0.3156787092248334
  historical:           22.70302266666667
  currentAttention:     1.75377060680463
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Business Professionals"
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  - name: "Germany"
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  - name: "Europe"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaviera was born in Saxony on 4 November 1731. She married Louis, son and heir of Louis XV, becoming Dauphine of France — first lady in waiting, never queen. She bore him children who would reshape the monarchy's final arc: Louis XVI, who lost his head to the Revolution; Louis XVIII, who returned after Napoleon; and Charles X, the last Bourbon king of France. She also gave France the Queen of Sardinia and Madame Élisabeth. Maria Josepha died on 13 March 1767, years before her husband could inherit, leaving a nursery of future sovereigns behind.