Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

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

Biography
Amalie was the fourth child from the second marriage 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 Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria. Amalie Auguste married on November 22 1822 John of Saxony, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children:


 * Maria Auguste (1827-1857)
 * Albert (1828-1902). Married Carola, daughter of Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden
 * Maria Elisabeth (1830-1912). Married first Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy and Sardinia, and second Niccolo Marchese Rapallo.
 * Friedrich August Ernst (1831-1847)
 * George (1832-1904). Married Maria Anna of Portugal
 * Maria Sidonia (1834-1862)
 * Anna (1836-1859). Married Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
 * Margaretha (1840-1858). Married her cousin Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria.
 * Sophie (1845-1867). Married her cousin Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria).

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

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