Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy [SEP] father
Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy
Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy (19 March 1730 – 13 May 1801) was a princess of the House of Savoy, the third daughter of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg.
Biography.
Born at the Royal Palace of Turin, she was the third daughter of Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg. Her mother died in 1735 when she was just four years old. Her father married
Rotenburg and his wife Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. Polyxena bore him six children:
1. Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726–1796); married Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain and had issue. They were the ancestors of Henri, Count of Chambord;
2. Princess "Eleonora" Maria Teresa of Savoy (1728–1781), unmarried.
3. Princess "Maria Luisa" Gabriella of Savoy (1729-d.1767), a nun.
4. Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy (1730–1801), unmarried