Marie Joséphine of Savoy

Marie Joséphine of Savoy
Countess of Provence
Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1786
Titular queen consort of France
(wife of claimant)
Tenure8 June 1795 – 13 November 1810
Born(1753-09-02)2 September 1753
Royal Palace of Turin, Turin
Died13 November 1810(1810-11-13) (aged 57)
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouse
(m. 1771)
Names
Italian: Maria Giuseppina Luisa
French: Marie Joséphine Louise
HouseSavoy
FatherVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia
MotherMaria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
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Marie Joséphine of Savoy (Italian: Maria Giuseppina Luisa; 2 September 1753 13 November 1810) was a princess of France and Countess of Provence by marriage to the future King Louis XVIII of France. She was regarded by Bourbon royalist Legitimists as the titular 'Queen of France' when her husband assumed the title of king in 1795 upon the death of his nephew, the titular King Louis XVII of France, until her death. She was never practically queen, as she died before her husband actually became king in 1814.