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Auguste Amalia Ludovika von Bayern

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Auguste Amalia Ludovika von Bayern Famous memorial

Birth
Strasbourg, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death
13 May 1851 (aged 62)
Munich, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Altstadt, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany Add to Map
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Bavarian Royalty. She was born in Strasbourg as the oldest daughter of Maximilian Joseph von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, who would later become the first Bavarian King, and Auguste Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was supposed to marry the prince of Baden, but the engagement was dissolved and she was married to Eugène de Beauharnais instead. She was very unhappy to marry him in the beginning, but the couple soon fell in love. After Napoleons fall in 1814 they retired to Munich and Eugène was created Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstädt by her father.
Bavarian Royalty. She was born in Strasbourg as the oldest daughter of Maximilian Joseph von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, who would later become the first Bavarian King, and Auguste Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was supposed to marry the prince of Baden, but the engagement was dissolved and she was married to Eugène de Beauharnais instead. She was very unhappy to marry him in the beginning, but the couple soon fell in love. After Napoleons fall in 1814 they retired to Munich and Eugène was created Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstädt by her father.

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  • Originally Created by: Lutetia
  • Added: Apr 17, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10799696/auguste_amalia_ludovika-von_bayern: accessed ), memorial page for Auguste Amalia Ludovika von Bayern (21 Jun 1788–13 May 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10799696, citing Saint Michael's Church, Altstadt, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.