Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1805)

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Maria Anna of Bavaria
File:Joseph Karl Stieler - Maria Anna von Bayern 1805-1877.jpg
Painting by Stieler, 1842
Queen consort of Saxony
Tenure 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854
Born (1805-01-27)27 January 1805
Munich
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Wachwitz, Dresden
Burial Katholische Hofkirche
Spouse Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (m. 1833; d. 1854)
Full name
Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine
House Wittelsbach
Father Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother Caroline of Baden
Religion Roman Catholic

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; 27 January 1805 – 13 September 1877), known as 'Marie' was Queen of Saxony from 1836 to 1854 as the second wife of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.

Biography

A painting of Maria Anna with two of her sisters: Princesses Sophie and Ludovika.

Maria Anna was born in Munich, the daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Princess Sophie of Bavaria, mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. She and her sister were their parent's second set of twins.[1] Their younger sister, Ludovika, was mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen Maria Sophie of the Two Sicillies.[2]

Marriage

On 24 April 1833 in Dresden, Maria married Frederick, Crown Prince of Saxony, whose brother Prince John of Saxony was married to her sister Amalie. In 1836, Frederick succeeded his uncle Anthony as king, making her queen. There were no children from the marriage.[3] Her husband, King Frederick Augustus II, died in 1854.

In 1836, during the great famine of Erzgebirge and Vogtland in Saxony, Maria Anna organized the first women committees to help, "Frauenvereinsanstalt der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen Frauenvereine" — this was in 1859 renamed "Zentralausschuß der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen Frauenvereine" and existed until 1932. She constructed the chapel Gedächtniskapelle in 1855. She is known as the correspondent of the writer Ida von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880).

Maria Anna died in Wachwitz, Dresden, aged 72.

Ancestry

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Literature

  • Martha Schad: Bayerns Königinnen. Piper, 2005

Footnotes

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  2. ↑ See the biography of her son Karl-Theodor: Sexau, Richard. Fürst und Arzt, Dr. med. Herzog Carl Theodor in Bayern: Shicksal zwischen Wittelsbach und Habsburg. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1963.
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External links

Media related to Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877) at Wikimedia Commons

Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1805)
Cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach
Born: 27 January 1805 Died: 13 September 1877
German royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Maria Theresa of Austria		 Queen consort of Saxony
6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854		 Succeeded by
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

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