Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
| Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | |
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| Queen consort of Saxony | |
Amalie Auguste, Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony, c. 1823.
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| Born |
13 November 1801 Munich |
| Died | 8 November 1877 (aged 75) Wachwitz |
| Burial | Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden |
| Spouse | John of Saxony |
| Issue | Princess Marie Auguste Friederike Albert I Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa Prince Friedrich August Ernst George I Princess Maria Sidonia Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Archduchess Margaretha of Austria Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria |
| Mother | Caroline of Baden |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Amalie Auguste (Munich, 13 November 1801 – Dresden, 8 November 1877) was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.
Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia. Three other sisters married King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria.
In 1851 Amalie Auguste became chairman of Women's Association of Dresden (Frauenverein zu Dresden), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. In 1859 she reorganized it as the Zentralausschuß obererzgebirgischen und der vogtländischen Frauenvereine and established a legal basis for it, under which the organisation continued until 1932.
Amalie Auguste married on 21 November 1822 Prince John of Saxony, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children:
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