She was the daughter of Archduchess Maria Josepha and sister of Queen Maria Amalia of Spain and Dauphine Marie Josephe Her Wikipedia article is here. Born a Wettin, she sought and received Prussian help to secure rights for the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld, a branch of the Wittelsbach family. This branch is the branch from which the Kings of Bavaria descended. The Palatinate (Ger. Pfalz) borders France, Luxembourg, and Belgium. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
ca. 1765 Maria Anna von Sachsen (1728–1797), Gemahlin Maximilian III Joseph von Bayern by Georg Desmarées (location unknown to gogm)
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