Role 1875–1964 | Name Princess of | |
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Born 28 April 1875Munchen, Konigreich Bayern ( 1875-04-28 ) Issue Archduke Joseph Francis of AustriaArchduchess GiselaArchduchess SophieArchduke LaszloArchduke MatyasArchduchess Magdalena Children Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria Parents Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Prince Leopold of Bavaria Grandchildren Archduke Josef Arpad of Austria Similar People Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinan, Princess Clotilde of Saxe‑Co | ||
Princess Auguste of Bavaria (German: Auguste Maria Luise Prinzessin von Bayern) ( 28 April 1875 – 25 June 1964) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and the spouse of Archduke Joseph August of Austria.
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Birth and family
Auguste was born in Munich, Bavaria, the second child of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Gisela of Austria. She had one older sister, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria and two younger brothers, Prince Georg of Bavaria and Prince Konrad of Bavaria.
Marriage and issue
She married Joseph August, Archduke of Austria, on 15 November 1893 in Munich. The couple had 6 children;
World War I
On the outbreak of war with Italy in 1915, Augusta Maria Louise, though in her 40’s and the mother of a son serving as an officer, went to the front with the cavalry regiment of which her husband, the Archduke Josef August, a corps commander, was honorary colonel, and served a common soldier, wearing a saber and riding astride, until the end of the war.