Auguste de Beauharnais
Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais (born December 9, 1810 in Milan , † March 28, 1835 in Lisbon ) was the 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg and Duke of Santa Cruz and Prince Consort of Portugal.
Life
Auguste was the eldest son of Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824) and his wife Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1788-1851), daughter of the first Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph and his first wife Princess Auguste Wilhelmine Maria von Hessen-Darmstadt . On his father's side he was a grandson of Joséphine de Beauharnais , Empress of the French. After the fall of Bonaparte , his father was awarded the title of Duke of Leuchtenberg on November 14, 1817 by his father-in-law Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, with the landgraviate of the same name and the principality of Eichstätt as a civil status. When his father died in 1824, he inherited the titles.
On November 5, 1834, Duke Auguste married per procura in Munich and in person on January 26, 1835 in Lisbon, the 15-year-old Queen Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853), eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil (1798 –1834) and his first wife Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria . After the marriage he was awarded the title Duke of Santa Cruz and Prince Consort of Portugal.
Two months later Auguste fell ill with angina and died of it on March 28, 1835 in Lisbon. His death caused great unrest in Lisbon, and calm could only be restored with great effort. The queen had to put reason of state above her own feelings, suppress her pain and, as a newly widowed woman, negotiate a new marriage. Auguste was childless at the time of his death. His younger brother Maximilian de Beauharnais succeeded him as the 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg.
literature
- New necrology of the Germans . Volume 13, Part 1, Weimar 1837, pp. 343-347.
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Leopoldine of Austria | Prince Consort of Portugal 1834–1835 |
Stephanie von Hohenzollern |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Beauharnais, Auguste de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beauharnais, Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 2. Duke of Leuchtenberg, as well as Duke of Santa Cruz and Prince Consort of Portugal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1835 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |