Anthony Clement of Saxony

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Anthony Clement I, King of Saxony (Anton Clemens Theodor Maria Joseph Johann Evangelista Johann Nepomuk Franz Xaver Aloys Januar), (December 27, 1755 - June 6, 1836) was the son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia of Bavaria, and succeed his brother Frederick Augustus I as King of Saxony in 1827.

In 1781, he married Maria Carolina Princess of Savoy & Sardinia (1764-1782) and, after widowing, he remarried in 1787 to Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria (1767-1827), daughter of Leopold II. Four children were born from the second marriage, but none survived to the age of two.

He was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.