Princess Margaretha of Saxony

Princess Margaretha
Archduchess Margaretha of Austria
Born(1840-05-24)24 May 1840
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died15 September 1858(1858-09-15) (aged 18)
Monza, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Spouse
(m. 1856)
Names
German: Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna
HouseWettin
FatherJohn, King of Saxony
MotherAmalie Auguste of Bavaria

Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Prinzessin Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; 24 May 1840 15 September 1858) was the eighth child and fifth eldest daughter of King John of Saxony and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Kings Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. She was born in Dresden, then in the Kingdom of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, Margaretha was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany.