Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)

Maria Anna of Bavaria
Painting by Stieler, 1842
Queen consort of Saxony
Reign 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854
Born (1805-01-27)27 January 1805
Munich
Died 13 September 1877(1877-09-13) (aged 72)
Wachwitz, Dresden
Burial Katholische Hofkirche
Spouse Frederick Augustus II
Full name
Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine
House Wittelsbach
Father Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother Caroline of Baden
Religion Roman Catholic

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; 27 January 1805 – 13 September 1877) was Queen Consort of Saxony from 1836 to 1854.

Biography

A painting of Maria Anna with two of her sisters (Princesses Sophie and Ludovika).

Maria Anna was born in Munich, the daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Princess Sophie of Bavaria, mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.

Marriage

On 24 April 1833 in Dresden, Maria married Crown Prince Frederick of Saxony, whose brother Prince John of Saxony was married to her sister Amalie and who had been widowed the year before. In 1836, Frederick succeeded his uncle Anthony as king, making her queen. There were no children from the marriage. King Frederick Augustus II died in 1854.

In 1836, during the great famine of Erzgebirge and Vogtland in Saxony, Maria Anna organized the first women committees to help, "Frauenvereinsanstalt der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen Frauenvereine" - this was in 1859 named to "Zentralausschuß der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen Frauenvereine" and existed until 1932. She constructed the chapel Gedächtniskapelle in 1855. She is known as the correspondent of the writer Ida von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880).

Maria Anna died in Wachwitz, Dresden, aged 72.

Ancestry

Literature

  • Martha Schad : Bayerns Königinnen, Piper 2004 Martha Schad, drottning av Bayern, Piper 2004

Footnotes

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    Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)
    Cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach
    Born: 27 January 1805 Died: 13 September 1877
    German royalty
    Vacant
    Title last held by
    Maria Theresia of Tuscany    		 Queen consort of Saxony
    6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854    		 Succeeded by
    Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
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