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.

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler 1823, in the Galerie Neue Meister
Queen consort of Saxony
Tenure9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873
Born(1801-11-13)13 November 1801
Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died8 November 1877(1877-11-08) (aged 75)
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
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(m. 1822; died 1873)
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HouseWittelsbach
FatherMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
MotherCaroline of Baden

Biography

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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

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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:

Ancestry

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Sources

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  • 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
Cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach
Born: 13 November 1801 Died: 8 November 1877
German royalty
Preceded by Queen consort of Saxony
9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873
Succeeded by