Princess Augusta of Bavaria

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Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (German:Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia von Bayern) (born Strassburg, 21 June 1788; died Munich, 13 May 1851) was the second child and first daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.

On 14 January 1806 in Munich, Augusta married Eugène de Beauharnais, only son of Josephine de Beauharnais and Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais and stepson of Napoleon. In 1817, Augusta's father created his son-in-law Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstädt, with the title Royal Highness.

Augusta and Eugène had seven children:

• Josephine (1807-1876) became the Queen Consort to Oscar I of Sweden, himself the son of Napoleon's old love, Desirée Clary.
• Hortense (1808-1847). Married Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
• Auguste, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, (1810 - 1835) married Maria II of Portugal. There was no issue from this marriage
• Amélie, (July 31, 1812 - January 26, 1873) married Pedro I of Brazil (father of Maria II of Portugal) and became Empress of Brazil
• Theodelinde (1814-1857). Married Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
• Carolina (1816)
• Maximilian (1817-1852), married Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna of Russia, eldest daughter of Nicholas I of Russia, and received the title of "Prince Romanovsky", addressed as "His Imperial Highness", in 1852.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Bavaria

16. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein               4. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken                             18. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       19. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                                   20. Theodore, Count Palatine of Sulzbach               10. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                       21. Marie Eleonore of Hessen-Rheinfels               5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach                             22. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine               11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg                       23. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł               1. Princess Augusta of Bavaria                                         24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach               6. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. Johann Reinhard III, Prince of Hanau-Lichtenberg               13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       27. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach               3. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim               14. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim                       29. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg               7. Countess Marie Luise Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim                             30. Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim               15. Countess Katherine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim                       31. Countess Charlotte Sibylla of Ahlefeld