her marriage was arranged as a part of a series of franco-savoyard dynastic marriages taking place in a time span of eight years: after the wedding between her cousin princess marie louise of savoy and louis alexandre, prince of lamballe, and the wedding between her elder sister marie joséphine of savoy and louis stanislas, count of provence in 1771, maria teresa was married to the count of artois (future king charles x of france) in 1773, and her eldest brother prince charles emmanuel of savoy (the future king of sardinia) was married to her sister-in-law princess clotilde of france in 1775. her eldest brother-in-law, dauphin louis auguste (the future louis xvi of france), was since three years prior married to marie antoinette.