Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Queen consort of Saxony

Amalie Auguste, Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony, c. 1823.
Born (1801-11-13)13 November 1801
Munich
Died 8 November 1877(1877-11-08) (aged 75)
Wachwitz
Burial Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden
Spouse John of Saxony
Issue Princess Marie Auguste Friederike
Albert I
Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa
Prince Friedrich August Ernst
George I
Princess Maria Sidonia
Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Archduchess Margaretha of Austria
Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria
House Wittelsbach
Father Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother Caroline of Baden
Religion Roman Catholic

Amalie Auguste (Munich, 13 November 1801 – Dresden, 8 November 1877) was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.

Biography

Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia. Three other sisters married King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria.

In 1851 Amalie Auguste became chairman of Women's Association of Dresden (Frauenverein zu Dresden), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. In 1859 she reorganized it as the Zentralausschuß obererzgebirgischen und der vogtländischen Frauenvereine and established a legal basis for it, under which the organisation continued until 1932.

Marriage and issue

Amalie Auguste married on 22 November 1822 Prince John of Saxony, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children:

Titles, styles, honours and arms

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Ancestry

Sources

  1. ↑ "Genealogy of the Royal Family of Bavaria". Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
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Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach
Born: 13 November 1801 Died: 8 November 1877
German royalty
Preceded by
Maria Anna of Bavaria		 Queen consort of Saxony
9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873 		Succeeded by
Carola of Vasa
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