Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony

Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Francisca Xaveria Aloysia of Saxony (born Dresden, 21 June 1782; died Dresden, 14 March 1863) was Princess of Saxony. Between 1791 and 1795, she played a political role as the potential successor to the Polish throne. She was considered a potential heir to the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807-1813. Life Maria Augusta was a member of the House of Wettin as the daughter of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Potential heir to the Polish throne Her father, Frederick Augustus, was the King of Saxony. She was his only child to reach adulthood. Her family had a claim to the throne of Poland (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and the Constitution of 3 May 1791 named her as a potential successor to the Polish throne if the male line of the Wettin family were to end. In Poland, she was called the "infanta of Poland" and a marriage for her considered with Prince Stanisław Poniatowski, a nephew of the Polish king. Her father's hesitation in accepting this proposal and the subsequent Partitions of Poland in 1793-1795 prevented this from occurring.