Princess Maria Josefa of Saxony Duchess of Saxony

Princess Maria Josefa of Saxony was born on 20 September 1928 in Bad Wörishofen. She spent her childhood in Bamberg, Germany. After completion of Wachwitz Castle in Dresden, the Margrave’s family moved to its homeland in 1936 and lived there until the tragic night of bombing on 13 February 1945. Having been expropriated for defence purposes by the Wehrmacht, the Wettins were forced to leave their home in one of the last trains, which departed from Dresden to the West.

Princess Maria Josefa of Saxony studied journalism and photography. As a journalist, she worked, inter alia, for the magazine “Style”. She published articles on personalities from culture, politics, nobility etc. On 16 October 1956, her daughter Maria Christina was born in Munich.

Parents

Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony Duke of Saxony Margrave of Meissen (* 31 December 1893 in Dresden, † 9 August 1968 in Samedan, Switzerland). He married on 16 June 1923 in Regensburg

Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis
(* 15 December 1903 in Regensburg, † 22 October 1973 in Munich).

Brothers and sisters

Prince Maria Emanuel of Saxony Duke of Saxony
(* 31 January 1926 at Prüfening Castle (Bavaria),
† 23 July 2012 in La Tour, Switzerland)

Princess Maria Anna Josefa of Saxony Duchess of Saxony (* 13 December 1929 in Bad Wörishofen;
† 13 March 2012 in Munich)

Prince Albert Joseph Maria Franz Xaver of Saxony Duke of Saxony (* 30 November 1934 in Bamberg;
† 6 October 2012 in Munich)

Princess Mathilde Maria Josefa Anna Xaveria of Saxony Duchess of Saxony (* 17 January 1936 in Bamberg)