Amalie Auguste was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.

Biography

Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria was a Princess of Bavaria and later Queen consort of Prussia.-Early life and family:...

, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia

Frederick William IV of Prussia

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. Three other sisters married King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony

Frederick Augustus II of Saxony

Frederick Augustus II |Tyrol]], 9 August 1854) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony --younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony—by his...

, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

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 and Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria

Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria

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.

In 1851 Amalie Auguste became chairman of Women's Association of Dresden (Dresden zu Frauenverein), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen, and in 1859, she reorganized it to the Zentralausschuß obererzgebirgischen und der vogtländischen Frauenvereine and founded a legal ground for it which maintained the organisation until 1932.

Marriage and issue

Amalie Auguste married on 22 November 1822 Prince John of Saxony

John I of Saxony

John was a King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin....

, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873.

John and Amelia had nine children:

• Maria Auguste (1827–1857)
• Albert
  Albert I of Saxony
  Albert was a King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.He was the eldest son of Prince John, Albert (full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis) (Dresden, 23 April 1828 – Schloss Sibyllenort (Szczodre), 19 June...
  
   (1828–1902). Married Princess Carola
  Carola of Vasa
  Carola of Vasa was a titular princess of Sweden, and the queen consort of Saxony...
  
  , daughter of Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden
• Maria Elisabeth
  Princess Elizabeth of Saxony
  Elisabeth of Saxony was a Princess of Saxony who married the second son of the King of Sardinia. She was the mother of Margherita, Queen of Italy.-Early life and family:...
  
   (1830–1912). Married first Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy
  Savoy
  Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
  
   and Sardinia
  Kingdom of Sardinia
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  , and second Niccolo Marchese Rapallo.
• Friedrich August Ernst (1831–1847)
• George (1832–1904). Married Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
  Maria Anna of Portugal
  Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta , the eldest surviving daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her...
  
  
• Maria Sidonia (1834–1862)
• Anna
  Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)
  Princess Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony Princess Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna...
  
   (1836–1859). Married Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
  Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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  .
• Margaretha
  Princess Margaretha of Saxony
  Princess Margaretha Karoline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony...
  
   (1840–1858). Married her cousin Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria.
• Sophie
  Princess Sophie of Saxony
  Princess Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony was the eighth...
  
   (1845–1867). Married her cousin Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria).

Titles and styles

• 13 November 1801 – 26 December 1805: Her Serene Highness Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
• 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

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

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