Duchess Amalie in Bavaria

Duchess Amalie in Bavaria
Duchess of Urach
Spouse	Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach
Issue
Princess Marie Gabriele Princess Elisabeth Princess Karola Prince Wilhelm Karl Gero, Duke of Urach Princess Margarete Prince Albrecht Prince Eberhard Princess Mechtilde
Full name
German: Amalie Maria
House	House of Wittelsbach House of Württemberg
Father	Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
Mother	Princess Sophie of Saxony
Born	24 December 1865(1865-12-24) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	26 May 1912(1912-05-26) (aged 46) Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg

Duchess Amalie Maria in Bavaria (Full German name: Amalie Maria, Herzogin in Bayern^[1][2]) (24 December 1865, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria^[1][2] – 26 May 1912, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg^[1][2]) was the only child of Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria and his first wife Princess Sophie of Saxony.^[1][2] Amalie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach and Countess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach.^[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Amalie married Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach (later Mindaugas II of Lithuania), eldest son of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach and his second wife Princess Florestine of Monaco, on 4 July 1892 in Tegernsee, Kingdom of Bavaria.^[1][2] Amalie and Wilhelm had nine children:^[1][2]

• Princess Marie Gabriele of Urach (1893–1908)
• Princess Elisabeth of Urach (1894–1962) who married Prince Karl of Liechtenstein (1878–1955), an uncle of Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein, and had issue.
• Princess Karola of Urach (1896–1980)
• Prince Wilhelm of Urach (1897–1957), who morganatically married Elisabeth Theurer (1899–1988) and had two daughters, Elisabeth and Marie Christine, neither of whom married.
• Karl Gero, Duke of Urach (1899–1981), 3rd Duke, who married Countess Gabriele of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (1910–2005). No issue.
• Princess Margarete of Urach (1901–1975)
• Prince Albrecht of Urach (1903–1969). Married first Rosemary Blackadder and second Ute Waldschmidt. Divorced both of them and had issue by both. His daughter Marie-Gabrielle (aka Mariga) was the first wife of Desmond Guinness. A diplomat and artist turned journalist and expert on the Far East. His marriages were also considered morganatic but his descendants can claim titles that pass in the eldest female line.
• Prince Eberhard of Urach (1907–1969), who married Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis (1925–2008) and had issue; including Karl Anselm and Wilhelm Albert the current and 5th Duke of Urach. While a notional pretender to the crown of Lithuania, he has not made a formal public claim. Eberhard's descendants inherit the dukedom on the basis of the Salic law principle of Agnatic primogeniture
• Princess Mechtilde of Urach (1912–2001), who married Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and had issue.

Amalie died in 1912 following the birth of her ninth child.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 24 December 1865 – 4 July 1892: Her Royal Highness Duchess Amalie in Bavaria
• 4 July 1892 – 26 May 1912: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Urach, Countess of Württemberg, Duchess in Bavaria

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Darryl Lundy (28 Jan 2009). "Amalie Maria Herzogin in Bayern". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p11069.htm#i110682. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Paul Theroff. "BAVARIA". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bavaria.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 

Duchess Amalie in Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 24 December 1865 Died: 26 May 1912
German nobility
Preceded by Princess Florestine of Monaco	Duchess consort of Urach 4 July 1892 – 26 May 1912	Succeeded by Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria

Persondata
Name	Amalie In Bavaria, Duchess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	24 December 1865
Place of birth	Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Date of death	26 May 1912
Place of death	Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg