May 1829); married on 20 October 1819 to King Ferdinand VII of Spain. In Lucca on 15 October 1825 Maximilian married Maria Luisa Carlotta of Parma, daughter of King Louis of Etruria and niece of his first wife Carolina, by proxy, and the two wed in person in Dresden on 7 November 1825. She was forty-three years younger than her husband; they had no children. Honours : Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, 1762 : Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 16 March 1792 Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 10 December 1824 French Empire: Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour, 1807/08 : Knight of the Order of the Rue Crown, 1807 Grand Cross of the Civil Merit Order, 1815 : Knight of the Order of St. Hubert, 1808 Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders (Christ and St. James), 1825 : Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit Grand Duchy of Tuscany: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Joseph Ancestry References 1759 births 1838 deaths House of Wettin Saxon princes Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain 2 2 Burials at Dresden Cathedral Nobility from Dresden German Roman Catholics Albertine branch Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) Sons of monarchs Non-inheriting heirs presumptive