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Born 21 June 1788Strasbourg ( 1788-06-21 ) Issue Josephine, Queen of SwedenEugenie, Princess of Hohenzollern-HechingenAuguste, 2nd Duke of LeuchtenbergAmelie, Empress of BrazilTheodoline, Countess Wilhelm of WurttembergPrincess CarolinaMaximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg Spouse Eugene de Beauharnais (m. 1806) Children Amelie of Leuchtenberg, Josephine of Leuchtenberg Parents Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Similar People Eugene de Beauharnais, Amelie of Leuchtenberg, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Auguste de Beauharnais, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria | ||
Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (German: Augusta Amalia Ludovika von Bayern) (Strasbourg, 21 June 1788 – Munich, 13 May 1851) was the second child and eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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Marriage and issue
Although originally promised in marriage to the heir of Baden, Charles, the engagement was broken at the behest of Napoleon I of France. 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 return, Napoleon raised Bavaria from a state to a Kingdom. Although a diplomatic marriage, this union would turn out to be a happy one. In 1817, Augusta's father created his son-in-law Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstädt, with the style Royal Highness.
Augusta and Eugène had seven children: