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Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

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Name
  
Duchess Elisabeth

Spouse
  
Louis-Alexandre Berthier

House
  
House of Wittelsbach


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Born
  
5 May 1784 Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria (
1784-05-05
)

Issue
  
Napoleon Alexandre Berthier Caroline Josephine, comtesse d'Hautpoul Marie Anne, duchesse de Plaisance

Father
  
Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria

Mother
  
Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld

Died
  
June 1, 1849, Paris, France

Children
  
Napoleon Alexandre Berthier

Parents
  
Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld

Grandchildren
  
Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram

Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) was a Duchess in Bavaria as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach and through her marriage to Louis-Alexandre Berthier became Princess of Wagram and Princess of Neuchâtel.

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Life

Maria Elisabeth was born in Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria, the only daughter and second child of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, sister of the future king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. She died in Paris, France, aged 65.

Marriage and issue

Maria Elisabeth married Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 February 1753 – 1 June 1815), 1st Prince of Wagram, 1st Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and a Marshal of France, on 9 March 1808. They had one son and two daughters :

  • Napoléon-Alexandre, 2nd Duke (11 September 1810 – 10 February 1887) married on 29 June 1831 Zénaïde Françoise Clary (25 November 1812 – 27 April 1884) and had issue, extinct in male line in 1918
  • Caroline-Joséphine (22 August 1812 – 1905) married on 9 October 1832 Alphonse Napoléon, Baron d'Hautpoul (29 May 1806 – 25 April 1889)
  • Marie-Anne (19 February 1816 – 23 July 1878) married on 24 June 1834 Jules Lebrun, 3rd Duke of Plaisance (19 April 1811 – 15 January 1872)
  • References

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