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Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Princess Amalie
Duchess Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria
Princess Amalie during the 1870s
Born(1848-10-23)23 October 1848
Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Died6 May 1894(1894-05-06) (aged 45)
Schloss Biederstein, Schwabing, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
SpouseDuke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria
IssueDuke Siegfried August
Duke Christoph
Duke Luitpold
Names
German: Marie Luise Franziska Amalie
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha
FatherPrince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherPrincess Clémentine of Orléans

Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Marie Luise Franziska Amalie; 23 October 1848 – 6 May 1894) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by birth and a Duchess in Bavaria through her marriage to Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. Amalie was the fourth child and second eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Her youngest brother was Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and her paternal uncle was Ferdinand II of Portugal.

Life

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Early years

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Princess Amalie in 1855, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Princess Amalie was born in Coburg, Germany, to Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife, Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Since childhood, Amalie had been intended as the bride of Prince Leopold of Bavaria.[1] However, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria fell in love with her and confided this love to his sister Elisabeth.[citation needed]

Elisabeth—the empress of Austria and queen of Hungary—became determined to ensure her favorite brother's happiness,[2] for she invited Leopold to an extended visit with the imperial family, among those who attended was her own fifteen-year-old daughter Archduchess Gisela of Austria. There, Leopold was tactfully made aware that a marriage with Gisela would be looked upon with favor by Emperor Franz Joseph. If Leopold was to marry Gisela, he would become the emperor’s son-in-law; upon realizing this, he accepted and became engaged to Gisela after only a few days.[3]

Marriage

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Duke Maximillian and Princess Amalie were married on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary.[1] The marriage was, by all accounts, a very happy one.[citation needed]

Children

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Amalie and Maximilian Emanuel had three children:

  • Siegfried, Duke in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952)
  • Christoph Joseph Clemens, Duke in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963)
  • Luitpold Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

Death

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On 6 May 1894, at the age of 45, Princess Amalie died due to peritonitis.

Ancestry

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria 1849-1893: Sisi In England". sisi-in-england.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ^ "Elisabeth's Childhood". Die Welt der Habsburger. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. ^ "SCG - BULGARIA". Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

Bibliography

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  • Bestenreiner, Erika (2003). Sisi und ihre Geschwister [Sisi and her siblings] (in German) (2nd ed.). Munich: Piper. ISBN 3-492-24006-2.
  • Damien Bilteryst, Olivier Defrance, Joseph van Loon: Les Biederstein, cousins oubliés de la reine Élisabeth, années 1875-1906. Museum Dynasticum, Bruxelles, XXXIV/1 2022.
  • Graf, Bernhard (2017). Sisis Geschwister [Sisi's siblings] (in German). Munich: Allitera. ISBN 978-3-86906-977-7.
  • von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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