Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
Duchess of Zweibrücken
Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Zweibrücken
Born(1765-04-14)14 April 1765
Darmstadt
Died30 March 1796(1796-03-30) (aged 30)
Rohrbach
SpouseMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
IssueLudwig I
Augusta
Amalie
Caroline Augusta
Karl Theodor
Names
German: Marie Auguste Wilhelmine
HouseHouse of Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Wittelsbach
FatherPrince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherMaria Luise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
ReligionLutheranism

Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Marie Auguste Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt) (14 April 1765 – 30 March 1796) was the mother of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Augusta Wilhelmine was born at Darmstadt, the fourth daughter and ninth child of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (second son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg.

Biography

Marriage and children

On 30 September 1785, in Darmstadt, Augusta Wilhelmine married Maximilian, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (later King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria). They had five children:

Maximilian was an officer in the French army stationed at Strasbourg, but the couple also often visited Paris.[1] There Augusta Wilhelmine met Queen Marie Antoinette with whom she maintained an ongoing correspondence.

In 1789 Maximilian's regiment rose in revolt and he and Augusta Wilhelmine fled to her parents' home in Darmstadt.[2] For the next five years they lived mostly in the neighbouring town of Mannheim. In December 1794 the French army attacked Mannheim. Augusta Wilhelmine fled the city when her home was shelled by French artillery.[3]

Duchess of Zweibrücken

In April 1795 Maximilian succeeded his brother as reigning Duke of Zweibrücken; however, his duchy was entirely occupied by the French. In March 1796 Augusta Wilhelmine, who had always had delicate lungs, finally succumbed and died at Rohrbach[disambiguation needed].[4] She was buried in the Schlosskirche in Darmstadt.[5]

Ancestry

Family of Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
17. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
18. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
9. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
19. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
2. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
20. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg
21. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg
22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
11. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
23. Princess Johanna of Baden-Durlach
1. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
24. Georg Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg
12. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
25. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein
6. Christian, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
26. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13. Countess Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg
27. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
3. Countess Maria Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
28. Johann August, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
14. Georg Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
29. Countess Eleonore Cratz von Scharffenstein
7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
30. Count Frederik Ahlefeldt
15. Countess Charlotte Sybille Ahlefeldt
31. Countess Maria Elisabeth of Leiningen-Hartenburg

Footnotes

  1. ^ Egon Caesar Corti, Ludwig I of Bavaria (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938), 15.
  2. ^ Corti, 19.
  3. ^ Corti, 21.
  4. ^ Corti, 24.
  5. ^ Hans Rall, Wittelsbacher Lebensbilder von Kaiser Ludwig bis zur Gegenwart (Munich: Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds), 142.

Bibliography

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  • Winkler, Wilhelm. "Die Mutter König Ludwig I. von Bayern nach ungedruckten Briefen", Die Wächter (1924).

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