Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; 27 January 1805 – 13 September 1877), known as 'Marie' was Queen of Saxony from 1836 to 1854 as the second wife of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.

Biography

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. She and her sister were their parent's second set of twins. Their younger sister, Ludovika, was mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen Maria Sophie of the Two Sicillies.

Marriage

On 24 April 1833 in Dresden, Maria married Frederick, Crown Prince of Saxony, whose brother Prince John of Saxony was married to her sister Amalie. In 1836, Frederick succeeded his uncle Anthony as king, making her queen. There were no children from the marriage. Her husband, 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 renamed "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

Ancestors of Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony

8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

4. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

10. Joseph Charles, Hereditary Prince of Sulzbach

5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

11. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg

1. Maria Anna of Bavaria

12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden

13. Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

3. Princess Caroline of Baden

14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

7. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Literature

Martha Schad: Bayerns Königinnen. Piper, 2005

Footnotes

Sepp, Christian (2019). Ludovika. Sisi's mother and her century. Munich. pp. 57–60.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
See the biography of her son Karl-Theodor: Sexau, Richard. Fürst und Arzt, Dr. med. Herzog Carl Theodor in Bayern: Shicksal zwischen Wittelsbach und Habsburg. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1963.
Kroll, Frank-Lothar (2004). The Rulers of Saxony. Munich: CH Beck. p. 241. ISBN 3-406-52206-8.

External links

Media related to Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877) at Wikimedia Commons

German royalty
Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony Palatinate-Zweibrücken-BirkenfeldCadet branch of the House of WittelsbachBorn: 27 January 1805 Died: 13 September 1877
VacantTitle last held byMaria Theresa of Austria	Queen consort of Saxony 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854	Succeeded byAmalie Auguste of Bavaria

v t e Bavarian princesses by birth
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Maximilian I Joseph as King of Bavaria in 1806. Only entries with articles are included. Later generations do not legally hold a title due to the German Revolution of 1918.
1st generation	Augusta, Duchess of Leuchtenberg Caroline, Crown Princess of Württemberg, Empress of Austria Elisabeth Ludovika, Queen of Prussia Amalia Auguste, Queen of Saxony Archduchess Sophie of Austria Maria Anna, Queen of Saxony Louise, Duchess in Bavaria Princess Maximiliana
2nd generation	Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena Hildegard, Duchess of Teschen Princess Alexandra
3rd generation	Princess Theresa Isabella, Duchess of Genoa
4th generation	Adelgunde, Princess of Hohenzollern Maria Ludwiga Theresia, Duchess of Calabria Mathilde, Princess Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Pilar Elisabeth Marie, Baroness of Hagenbach Archduchess Auguste of Austria
5th generation	Princess Irmingard Princess Maria Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza

v t e Princesses of Saxony by marriage
Generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick Augustus I as King of Saxony in 1806
1st generation	Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria Princess Maria Luisa Carlota of Parma
2nd generation	Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
3rd generation	Princess Carola of Sweden Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
4th generation	Archduchess Louise of Austria Duchess Maria Isabella of Württemberg Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies
5th generation	Princess Sophie of Luxembourg

v t e Queens of Saxony
Countess Palatine Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1806–1827) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1827) Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (1836–1854) Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1854–1873) Princess Carola of Vasa (1873–1902)
note:* denotes titular Queens

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