Archduchess Marie Carolina Ferdinanda of Austria (8 April 1801 – 22 May 1832) was Crown Princess of Saxony as the wife of Frederick Augustus, Crown Prince of Saxony. Life Marie Caroline was a daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, and named after an elder sister who had died in infancy. Marie Caroline's parents were double first cousins as they shared all four grandparents (Francis' paternal grandparents were his wife's maternal grandparents and vice versa). She was educated strictly, standing out in drawing, as proven by several sketches and crayons preserved in Austria. Crown Princess of Saxony On 7 October 1819 she married Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony, son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony, and Princess Caroline of Parma, in Dresden, Germany. The marriage was childless and unhappy. Marie Caroline was sweet and pleasant, but she experienced epilepsy and her attacks were so frequent that she was barely able to fulfill her duties as Crown Princess; they also seriously affected her marital relationship. Frederick Augustus was unfaithful on several occasions. From one of these affairs he had an illegitimate son, the musician Theodor Uhlig (1822–1853). Maria Carolina died from an epileptic attack on 22 May 1832 at Pillnitz Castle near Dresden. Ancestry References Austrian princesses House of Habsburg-Lorraine Saxon princesses House of Wettin 1801 births 1832 deaths Burials at Dresden Cathedral Nobility from Vienna Neurological disease deaths in Germany People with epilepsy Deaths from epilepsy Austrian Roman Catholics Crown Princesses of Saxony Royalty and nobility with disabilities ⚭Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria Daughters of emperors Children of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Daughters of kings