 She was a member of the Order of the Starry Cross and a collegiate lady in the abbey at Münsterbilzen.She was the sixteenth and youngest child of King Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763), who was also Elector of Saxony as Frederick August II, and his wife Maria Josepha of Austria.Her father liked hunting, often went to the opera, kept an extensive art collection, and showed a great sense of family.