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 The tomb of Herzogin Amalia Auguste von Leuchtenberg at the Michaelskirche in Munich. Picture by Androom (16 Aug 2012) |
Auguste von Bayern |
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BORN 21 Jun 1788, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin - DIED 13 May 1851, München, Bayern BIRTH NAME Auguste Amalia Ludovika Georgia von Bayern GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Michaelskirche, Neuhauserstrasse 6 |
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Auguste von Bayern was the daughter of the future king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756-1825). Her mother was his first wife Augusta Wilhelmina von Hessen-Darmstadt (1765-1796). She was engaged to Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Baden (1786-1818) when Napoleon offered her father the kingship on the condition that Auguste would marry his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais. This was accepted and her father became king on 1 January 1806. Auguste tried to delay the marriage, but the marriage agreement was signed on 13 January and on 14 January she married Eugène in Munich in attendance of Napoleon. They had six surviving children and witnesses described their union as a happy one. On 20 March 1811 Napoleon's son by Marie Louise was born and Eugène was no longer heir to Napoleon's throne. After Napoleon's defeat he left Italy and settled in Munich with Auguste and they received the title of Duke and Duchess of Leuchtenberg. After Eugène's death in 1824 Auguste lived at Palais Leuchtenberg at the Odeonsplatz in Munich and at Schloss Ismaning not far from Munich. She died in 1851 in Munich. Family • Husband: Beauharnais, Eugène de (1806-1824) Events |
| 21/11/1807 | Napoleon arrives in Milan. On the following day he was present at a Te Deum in the Duomo in Milan, later reviewing troops and visiting the Princess Augusta von Bayern Vicereine of Italy and wife of Eugène de Beauharnais. [Napoleon I Bonaparte] |
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The tomb of Herzogin Amalia Auguste von Leuchtenberg at the Michaelskirche in Munich. Picture by Androom (16 Aug 2012) |
Sources • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Auguste von Bayern - Wikipedia (DE) |
