Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
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| Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | |
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| Electress/Queen consort of Saxony Duchess of Warsaw | |
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| Amalie, around 1780, by Heinrich Carl Brandt. | |
| Born | 10 May 1752 Mannheim |
| Died | 15 November 1828 (aged 76) Dresden |
| Spouse | Frederick Augustus I of Saxony |
| Issue | Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony |
| Full name | |
| Maria Amalie Auguste | |
| House | House of Wittelsbach House of Wettin |
| Father | Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach |
| Burial | Hofkirche, Dresden |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (Maria Amalie Auguste; 10 May 1752 – 15 November 1828) was the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony and Duchess of Warsaw.
Marriage[edit]
On 29 January 1769 she married the Saxon Elector Frederick Augustus III. In 1806, the Electress and her husband were proclaimed the first King and Queen of Saxony. The following year, Napoleon made them Duke and Duchess of Warsaw, a newly created principality in Poland.
Issue[edit]
- unnamed child (born/died 1771)
- unnamed child (born/died 1775)
- Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (21 June 1782 - 14 March 1863) never married and had no known issue.
- unnamed child (born/died 1797)