Infanta María Josefa of Spain
| Infanta María Josefa | |||||
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| Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs (1761–9) | |||||
| Born | 6 July 1744 Gaeta, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) | ||||
| Died | 8 December 1801 (aged 57) Royal Palace of Madrid, Madrid, Spain | ||||
| Burial | El Escorial, Spain | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Charles III of Spain | ||||
| Mother | Maria Amalia of Saxony | ||||
Infanta María Josefa of Spain (María Josefa Carmela; 6 July 1744 – 8 December 1801) was the second surviving daughter of King Charles VII of Naples and III of Sicily and his wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony. Born in Naples, she and her family arrived in Barcelona in October 1759 at the age of fifteen. At the accession of her father to the Spanish throne as Charles III in August 1759, she became an Infanta of Spain. She lived at her father's court, then of her brother Charles IV's. She died unmarried and childless.