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Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

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Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria
Princess of Wagram
Princess of Neuchâtel
Born(1784-05-05)5 May 1784
Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria
Died1 June 1849(1849-06-01) (aged 65)
Paris, France
SpouseLouis-Alexandre Berthier
IssueNapoléon Alexandre Berthier
Caroline Josephine, comtesse d'Hautpoul
Marie Anne, duchesse de Plaisance
Names
German: Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska
HouseWittelsbach
FatherDuke Wilhelm in Bavaria
MotherCountess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) was a Duchess in Bavaria as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach and through her marriage to Louis-Alexandre Berthier became Princess of Wagram and Princess of Neuchâtel.

Life

Maria Elisabeth was born in Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria, the only daughter and second child of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, sister of the future king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. She died in Paris, France, aged 65.

Marriage and issue

Maria Elisabeth married Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 February 1753 – 1 June 1815), 1st Prince of Wagram, 1st Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and a Marshal of France, on 9 March 1808. They had one son and two daughters :

  • Napoléon-Alexandre, 2nd Duke (11 September 1810 – 10 February 1887) married on 29 June 1831 Zénaïde Françoise Clary (25 November 1812 – 27 April 1884) and had issue, extinct in male line in 1918
  • Caroline-Joséphine (22 August 1812 – 1905) married on 9 October 1832 Alphonse Napoléon, Baron d'Hautpoul (29 May 1806 – 25 April 1889)
  • Marie-Anne (19 February 1816 – 23 July 1878) married on 24 June 1834 Jules Lebrun, 3rd Duke of Plaisance (19 April 1811 – 15 January 1872)
The Princess in 1832 by François-Gabriel Lépaulle

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria
16. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
8. John Charles, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
17. Countess Palatine Magdalena of Zweibrücken
4. John, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
18. Georg Friedrich von Witzleben
9. Esther Maria von Witzleben
19. Maria Magdalena von Hanstein
2. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria
20. Johann Philipp, Count of Salm-Dhaun
10. Karl of Salm, Count of Dhaun
21. Anna Katharina of Nassau-Ottweiler
5. Countess Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun
22. Friedrich Ludwig of Nassau-Ottweiler
11. Countess Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler
23. Christiane af Ahlefeldt
1. Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria
24. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
12. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
25. Countess Catherine Agathe of Rappoltstein
6. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
26. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
13. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
27. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
3. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
28. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
14. Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
29. Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg
7. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
30. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
15. Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Neuburg
31. Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł

References

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