Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony
| Maria Anna of Bavaria | |||||
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 Painting by Stieler, 1842 | |||||
| Queen consort of Saxony | |||||
| Reign | 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854 | ||||
| Born | 27 January 1805 Munich | ||||
| Died | 13 September 1877 (aged 72) Wachwitz, Dresden | ||||
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| Spouse | Frederick Augustus II | ||||
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| 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) was Queen Consort of Saxony from 1836 to 1854.
Biography
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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.
Marriage
On 24 April 1833 in Dresden, Maria married Crown Prince Frederick 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. 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
Literature
- Martha Schad : Bayerns Königinnen, Piper 2004 Martha Schad, drottning av Bayern, Piper 2004
Footnotes
External links
Media related to Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877) at Wikimedia Commons
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