Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria
Duchess Maria Elisabeth | |||||
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Princess of Wagram | |||||
![]() Portrait by Joseph Boze | |||||
Princess consort of Neuchâtel | |||||
Tenure | 9 March 1808 – 3 June 1814 | ||||
Born | Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria | 5 May 1784||||
Died | 1 June 1849 Paris, France | (aged 65)||||
Spouse | Louis-Alexandre Berthier | ||||
Issue | Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram Caroline Joséphine, Baroness of Hautpoul Marie Anne, Duchess of Plaisance | ||||
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House | Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria | ||||
Mother | Countess 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
[edit]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
[edit]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. The marriage took place at the explicit request of Emperor Napoleon I.[1] They had one son and two daughters :
- Napoléon Alexandre, 2nd Prince, 1st 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 of Hautpoul (29 May 1806 – 25 April 1889)
- Marie Anne Wilhelmine Alexandrine Elisabeth (19 February 1816 – 23 July 1878) married on 24 June 1834 Jules Lebrun, 3rd Duke of Plaisance (19 April 1811 – 15 January 1872)
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Ancestry
[edit]References
[edit]This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2024) |
- ^ Oskar Criste: Napoleon und seine Marschälle, Book 4, C.W. Stern, 1906, P. 54
External links
[edit] Media related to Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria at Wikimedia Commons