Spouse John of Saxony (m. 1822) Role Princess of Bavaria | Name Amalie of Religion Roman Catholic | |
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Born 13 November 1801Munich ( 1801-11-13 ) Issue Princess Marie Auguste FriederikeAlbert IMaria Elisabeth, Duchess of GenoaPrince Friedrich August ErnstGeorge IPrincess Maria SidoniaAnna, Grand Duchess of TuscanyArchduchess Margaretha of AustriaSophie, Duchess in Bavaria Children Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Albert of Saxony Parents Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Caroline of Baden Similar People Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Caroline of Baden, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Princess Augusta of Bavaria | ||
Amalie Auguste (Munich, 13 November 1801 – Dresden, 8 November 1877) was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.
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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 Louise, 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 chairman of Women's Association of Dresden (Frauenverein zu Dresden), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. In 1859 she reorganized it 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 became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children: