Maria Amalia of Saxony (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga; 24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was a German princess from the House of Wettin and was the wife of Charles III of Spain; she was the Queen consort of Naples and Sicily from 1738 till 1759 and then Queen consort of Spain from 1759 until her death in 1760. A popular consort, she oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects in her husbands domains. Moving to Spain in 1759, she then set about the improvements to the Royal Palace of Madrid but died before its completion. The mother of some thirteen children, she and her husband enjoyed a loving relationship. She died of tuberculosis...