Maria Alix of Saxony (Maria Alix Luitpolda Anna Henrietta Germana Agnes Damian Michaela; 27 September 1901 â 11 December 1990) was a member of the House of Wettin and the daughter of the last king of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. Through her marriage to Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden, she became a princess of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
She was born in Dresden as the fourth child and third daughter of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise. Her godparents included Archduke Ludwig Victor of Austria and her maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Alice of Tuscany.
Her childhood was profoundly affected by the domestic scandal of her parents; in December 1902, while Maria Alix was only a year old, her mother fled the Dresden court while pregnant with her youngest sister, Anna. Maria Alix was raised in the strict environment of the Saxon court under the sole custody of her father, who became King in 1904.
On 25 May 1921, Princess Maria Alix married Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden at Schloss Sibyllenort.Her husband was the son of Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Theresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies .Together, they had four children:
After the fall of the German monarchies in 1918, Maria Alix and her family lived as private citizens. Following the death of her husband in 1964, she lived a quiet life in Baden-Württemberg. She maintained a close relationship with her siblings but remained distant from her mother, Louise, following the family scandals.
Princess Maria Alix died in Hechingen in 1990, aged 89. She was buried at the Hedingen Monastery in Sigmaringen, the traditional burial place of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family, where her mother was also interred.