Auguste Wilhelmine of Hessen-Darmstadt
Auguste Wilhelmine Marie von Hessen-Darmstadt (born April 14, 1765 in Darmstadt , † March 30, 1796 in Rohrbach ) was by marriage Duchess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken .
Life
Auguste Wilhelmine was a daughter of Prince Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt (1722–1782) from his marriage to Luise (1729–1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg . The princess was brought up very carefully, primarily by her mother, whereby care was also taken to impart civil virtues to Auguste.
On September 30, 1785 Auguste Wilhelmine married the Count Palatine Maximilian Joseph von Zweibrücken (1756-1825) in Darmstadt . The couple lived primarily in Strasbourg , from where they first had to flee to Darmstadt and then to Mannheim before the French Revolution . In Mannheim the family lived under very modest circumstances. The Elector of Bavaria had denied the family exile in Bavaria. August's husband became nominally Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken after the death of his brother in 1795, but the country was occupied by the French. After riots broke out in Mannheim, Auguste fled with her family to Ansbach . The Duchess finally died, weakened by the escapes and five births in Schloss Rohrbach near Heidelberg to pulmonary tuberculosis .
progeny
Auguste Wilhelmine had the following children from their marriage:
- Ludwig I (1786–1868), King of Bavaria
- ⚭ 1810 Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)
- Auguste (1788-1851)
- ⚭ 1806 Eugène de Beauharnais , Viceroy of Italy, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstätt (1781–1824)
- Amalie (1790–1794)
- Charlotte (1792–1873)
- ⚭ 1. 1808–1814 Crown Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg (1781–1864)
- ⚭ 2. 1816 Emperor Franz I of Austria and King of Hungary (1768–1835)
- Karl (1795–1875)
- ⚭ 1. 1823 Marie Anna Sophie de Pétin (1796–1838), 1823 "Freifrau von Bayrstorff"
- ⚭ 2. 1859 Henriette Schoeller (1815–1866), 1859 "Baroness of Frankenburg"
literature
- Martha Schad: Bavaria's Queens , Piper 2005
- Jakob Baroggio: The history of Mannheim from its creation to 1861 p. 254 f.
- Carl Friedrich Günther: Anecdotes, character portrayals and memorabilia from the Hessian ... p. 172 f.
- Wolfgang Kunz, "Auguste Wilhelmine Marie von Hessen-Darmstadt (1765 - 1796)" in: Pfälzer Lebensbilder , 7th volume, 2007 (volume 100 of the publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science, Speyer), pp. 85–128
Web links
- Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Auguste Wilhelmine Pia Duchess of. Hessian biography. (As of January 22, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Amalie of Saxony | Duchess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken 1795–1796 |
under French occupation |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auguste Wilhelmine of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auguste Wilhelmine Marie of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Hessen-Darmstadt, by marriage Duchess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1796 |
| Place of death | Rohrbach |