Maria Antonietta of Spain
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Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain (November 17, 1729 - September 19, 1785), was Queen of Sardinia as the wife of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia.
Maria Antonietta was born at Seville, the youngest daughter of King Philip V of Spain and of his wife, Elizabeth Farnese.
On May 31, 1750, at Oulx near Turin, Maria Antonietta married Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy (later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia). The couple had twelve children:
- King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751-1819), married Marie Clotilde of France
- Maria Elisabetta Carlotta (1752-1753)
- Marie Josephine Louise (1753-1810), married King Louis XVIII of France
- Amedeo Alessandro, Duke of Montferrat (1754-1755)
- Maria Thérèse (1756-1805), married King Charles X of France
- Maria Anna (1757-1824), married her uncle Benedetto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Chablais
- King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759-1824), married Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este (1773-1832)
- Maria Cristina Giuseppa Ferdinanda (1760-1768)
- Maurizio Giuseppe Maria, Duke of Montferrat (1762-1799), unmarried
- Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaide (1764-1782), married King Anthony of Saxony
- King Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765–1831), married Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1779-1849)
- Giuseppe Benedetto Maria Placido (1766-1802), Count of Moriana (until 1796) and Asti (1796-1802)
Maria Antonietta died in the Castle of Moncalieri near Turin. She is buried in the Basilica of Superga.
| Preceded by Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine |
Queen Consort of Sardinia 1773-1785 |
Succeeded by Clothilde of France |
