Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Portrait of Amalie Auguste of Bavaria by Joseph Karl Stieler 1823, in the Galerie Neue Meister
Queen consort of Saxony
Tenure	9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873
Born	(1801-11-13)13 November 1801 Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	8 November 1877(1877-11-08) (aged 75) Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Burial	Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden
Spouse	John, King of Saxony ​ ​ (m. 1822; died 1873)​
Issue more...	Albert, King of Saxony Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa George, King of Saxony Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Margaretha, Archduchess of Austria Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother	Caroline of Baden

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (13 November 1801, in Munich – 8 November 1877, in Dresden) was a Bavarian princess by birth and Queen of Saxony by marriage to King John of Saxony.

Biography

Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Caroline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elisabeth Ludovika, 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 chairwoman of Women's Association of Dresden (Frauenverein zu Dresden), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. Three years later, her husband inherited the throne and she became queen. In 1859 she reorganized the association 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 21 November 1822 Prince John of Saxony, who reigned as King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children, of whom six died at young ages and predeceased her:

• Marie Auguste Friederike (1827–1857), died of tuberculosis
• Albert (1828–1902). Married Princess Carola, daughter of Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden
• Maria Elisabeth (1830–1912). Married first Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy and Sardinia, and second Niccolò, Marchese Rapallo.
• Friedrich August Ernst (1831–1847), died in childhood
• George (1832–1904). Married Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
• Maria Sidonia (1834–1862), died of fever
• Anna (1836–1859). Married Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany and died in childbirth.
• Margaretha (1840–1858). Married her cousin Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, and died from typhoid fever.
• Sophie (1845–1867). Married her cousin Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria), died from influenza.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 4. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken 2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 10. Joseph Charles, Hereditary Prince of Sulzbach 5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach 11. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg 1. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria 12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden 6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden 13. Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 3. Princess Caroline of Baden 14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 7. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Sources

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