Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Electress consort of Saxony Queen consort of Saxony Duchess of Warsaw
Amalie as a bride, 1769
Spouse	Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
Issue
Maria Auguste 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
Born	10 May 1752(1752-05-10) Mannheim
Died	15 November 1828(1828-11-15) (aged 76)
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.

Family

Amalie was born in Mannheim, the daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria.

She was the highest ranking woman in Saxony from 1780 at the death of her mother in law. Her sister-in-law was Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy the wife of Anthony of Saxony.

Marriage and issue

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 I made them Duke and Duchess of Warsaw, a newly-created principality in Poland.

Amalie bore four children by her husband, three of whom were stillborn. Only one daughter, Maria Augusta, attained adulthood, but remained unmarried.

• unnamed child (born/died 1771)
• unnamed child (born/died 1775)
• Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Francisca Xaveria Aloysia (born Dresden 21 June 1782; died Dresden 14 March 1863)
• unnamed child (born/died 1797)

Amalie died on 15 November 1828 at the age of 76, and was buried in the Hofkirche in Dresden.

Ancestry

Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld House of Wittelsbach Born: 10 May 1752 Died: 15 November 1828
German royalty
Preceded by Maria Antonia of Bavaria	Electress of Saxony 29 January 1769 - 20 December 1806	Electorate abolished
Kingdom created	Queen consort of Saxony 20 December 1806 - 5 May 1827	Vacant Title next held by Maria Theresa of Tuscany
Duchy created	Duchess of Warsaw 9 June 1807 - January 1813	Duchy abolished

Persondata
Name	Amalie Of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Alternative names
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Date of birth	10 May 1752
Place of birth	Mannheim
Date of death	15 November 1828
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