Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria
| Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria | |||||
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| Princess Luitpold of Bavaria | |||||
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| Born | 1 April 1825 Florence,Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
| Died | 26 April 1864(aged 39) Munich,Kingdom of Bavaria | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | ||||
| Mother | Maria Anna of Saxony | ||||
Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria(1 April 1825 – 26 April 1864) was the only daughter ofLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscanyand his first wife,Maria Anna of Saxonyto survive to adulthood. She married PrinceLuitpold of Bavaria,who later became thePrince Regent of Bavariaafter her death.
Family
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Auguste was one of three children born toLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany,by his first wife,Maria Anna of Saxony.She was an older half-sister toFerdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany,among others. She was a member of the direct lineage of bothLouis XIV of FranceandWilliam the Conqueror.
Early life
[edit]After a strict Catholic upbringing, she developed an interest in the arts and sciences early in life. Contemporaries described her as tall, beautiful and self-conscious.
Marriage and children
[edit]On 15 April 1844, she married Prince Luitpold in Florence. Luitpold's father KingLudwig I of Bavariainitially opposed Luitpold's marriage plans, since Auguste was already showing symptoms ofpulmonary tuberculosisbefore the marriage (the disease of which she finally died aged only 39). Through this marriage her descendants, the royal house of Bavaria, could also claim descent from the most senior, extinct in the male line since 1777, branch of theHouse of Wittelsbach;the last male member of the elder branch beingMaximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria,whose death sparked theWar of the Bavarian Succession.The war ended with the ascent to the throne in Munich ofCharles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria,who was the head of the cadet branch of Wittelsbach-Zweibrücken, that remains until today the only extant branch. Auguste Ferdinande was descended fromDuchess Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony,who was the eldest sister of the aforementionedMaximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavariaand daughter ofCharles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
They had four children (with whom she always spoke Italian), includingLudwig III of Bavaria,and she was a great support for Luitpold in all his political activities. During the1848 Revolution,she spoke againstLola Montezand sought to isolate opponents of the monarchy.
Her children with Luitpold were:
- Ludwig III(1845–1921), King of Bavaria, married ArchduchessMaria Theresia of Austria-Este(1849–1919)
- Leopold(1846–1930), marriedArchduchess Gisela of Austria(1856–1932)
- Therese(1850–1925)
- Arnulf(1852–1907), marriedPrincess Therese of Liechtenstein(1850–1938)
On her death, she was buried in the crypt of theTheatinerkirche.Luitpold never remarried, with his sisterAdelgundeand daughter Therese taking over care of his household.
Ancestry
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External links
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- 1825 births
- 1864 deaths
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine
- House of Wittelsbach
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- People of the Revolutions of 1848
- Austrian princesses
- Bavarian princesses
- Nobility from Florence
- Burials at the Theatine Church, Munich
- Italian Roman Catholics
- Daughters of dukes
- Gallery of Beauties
- Tuberculosis deaths in Germany
- Mothers of Bavarian monarchs