Maria Amalia was the daughter of Maria Josepha of Austria and
absentee King Augustus III of Poland, the Catholic Wettins. She
married the future Carlos III in 1738. According to Wikipedia
she was different from her father. She disentangled Spain from
Italy, “The right of succession to Naples and Sicily was
reserved for her second son Prince Ferdinand of Naples and
Sicily; Prince Ferdinand would stay in Italy while his parents
were in Spain. In favor of that, Charles would abdicate on 6
October 1759, decreeing the final separation between the Spanish
and Neapolitan crowns. Charles and his wife arrived in Barcelona
on 7 October 1759. In Spain her husband did much to improve the
Spanish economy and helped give the country more of an identity.
Maria Amalia once again did much to improve the royal residences
having them redecorated. She, along with her husband, helped
with the founding of the luxury porcelain factory under the name
Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro.In September 1760, a year after
arriving in Madrid, Ma