Louis XVI married Maria Amalie of Saxony?

The main rival candidate to Marie Antoinette for the hand of Louis XVI was Princess Maria Amalie of Saxony. Had this match instead taken place does anyone have any inkling of what kind of consort Maria Amalie would have been and assuming the revolution still takes place what kind of reputation might she have had with the people of France?
 
The issue of childlessness for the first few years of the marriage is going to remain unless the bride can somehow teach the groom how to do it properly.
 
The issue of childlessness for the first few years of the marriage is going to remain unless the bride can somehow teach the groom how to do it properly.

Maybe/ maybe not. Louis' problem might have been as much psychological as physical (he'd been told Austrians are the enemy his whole life, and now he's in bed with one). Fraser's pointed out that he clearly DIDN'T go for an op to correct the phimosis (or at least he didn't when everyone says he didn't). But, if Amalie (with whom he might have a warmer relationship to start with) can get lucky (and Saxon princesses had near rabbit-like fertility) sooner than Antoinette did, it could do wonders for the king's confidence.
 
Maybe/ maybe not. Louis' problem might have been as much psychological as physical (he'd been told Austrians are the enemy his whole life, and now he's in bed with one). Fraser's pointed out that he clearly DIDN'T go for an op to correct the phimosis (or at least he didn't when everyone says he didn't). But, if Amalie (with whom he might have a warmer relationship to start with) can get lucky (and Saxon princesses had near rabbit-like fertility) sooner than Antoinette did, it could do wonders for the king's confidence.

Louis was born in 1754 and the Franco-Austrian alliance is 1756. 1756-1770 is quite the only period when Austrians were not France's enemies.
 
Louis was born in 1754 and the Franco-Austrian alliance is 1756. 1756-1770 is quite the only period when Austrians were not France's enemies.
Away from sources and not my history period, but wasn't the hate-on for the Austrians more of a thing from Louis's mother ( I think it had something to do with the dance of crowns and inheritance-related slights, but, as said, I have no sources at hand)? And since the Dauphin his father died when Louis was still a child, his mother was the one who took charge of his education.
 
Away from sources and not my history period, but wasn't the hate-on for the Austrians more of a thing from Louis's mother ( I think it had something to do with the dance of crowns and inheritance-related slights, but, as said, I have no sources at hand)? And since the Dauphin his father died when Louis was still a child, his mother was the one who took charge of his education.

That was pretty much the scenario, the dauphine disliked the idea of an Austrian archduchess because she viewed Maria Theresia as a usurper of her own mother's rights (makes one wonder how she would've treated a theoretical Bavarian daughter-in-law). The Mesdames les Tantes saw the marriage as an outgrowth of La Pompadour's influence, and so, were opposed to it for that reason (among others). Add to that that the Habsburgs are France's traditional enemy and hey presto! you've got a court that's set to "HATE" the idea of Antoinette long before the poor girl's ever set foot in France. However, do not view Antoinette as the victim here, since she made several gaffes/faux pas which didn't help matters.

As to there being no opportunity - the dauphine DID attempt (after her husband's death) to rock the political boat, and arrange a double marriage between France and Saxony (Louis XVIxMaria Amalie; Friedrich August IIIxMme Clothilde). Louis XV found out about it and was understandably angry.
 
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