Marie-Josèphe of Saxony
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Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, (4 November 1731-13 March 1767), Dauphine of France, was the daughter of Augustus II, prince-Elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and Maria Josepha of Austria, (1699-1757), the daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
She married Louis, dauphin de France, only surviving son of king Louis XV and queen Maria Leszczyńska, on 9 February 1747 at Versailles. She bore the Dauphin eight living children, three of whom became kings of France, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. A daughter, Marie-Clotilde, became a queen-consort when she married King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia.
Aymar Chretien Francois Michel de Nicolay, bishop of Verdun (brother of the marshal) is said to have been one of her more influential counsellors.
