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Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Queen consort of Saxony
Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1823
Spouse John
Issue
Princess Marie Auguste
Albert I
Maria Elisabeth
Prince Friedrich August Ernst
George I
Princess Maria Sidonia
Princess Anna
Princess Margaretha
Princess Sophie
House House of Wittelsbach
House of Wettin
Father Maximilian I of Bavaria
Mother Caroline of Baden
Born 13 November 1801(1801-11-13)
Munich
Died 8 November 1877 (aged 75)
Wachwitz
Burial Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden
Religion Roman Catholic

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

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Biography

Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden.
She was the 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.

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

Titles and styles

  • 13 November 1801 – 26 December 1805: Her Serene Highness Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria[1]
  • 26 December 1805 – 22 November 1822: Her Royal Highness Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
  • 22 November 1822 – 6 June 1836: Her Royal Highness Princess Amalie Auguste of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony, Princess of Bavaria
  • 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony, Princess of Bavaria
  • 9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873: Her Majesty The Queen of Saxony
  • 29 October 1873 – 8 November 1877: Her Majesty The Dowager Queen of Saxony

Ancestry

Source

  1. ^ Genealogy of the Royal Family of Bavaria

Petermann, Karl: Der König Johann und die Königin Amalie von Sachsen, sowie die Feier ihres goldenen Ehejubiläums; in: Erzählungen. O.Author, o.J.

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
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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