Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

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Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (* May 5, 1784 in Landshut ; † June 1, 1849 in Paris ) was a duchess in Bavaria and by marriage Princess of Wagram and Duchess of Neuchâtel .

Life

Maria Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752–1837) from his marriage to Maria Anna (1753–1824), daughter of the Count Palatine and Duke Friedrich Michael von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and sister of the future King of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph . For a short time, Maria Elisabeth was discussed as the bride of Emperor Franz II .

She married on March 9, 1808 the French Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), Prince of Wagram and Duke of Neuchâtel. The wedding was at the express request Emperor Napoleon I come to pass. King Maximilian Joseph assigned the couple the New Residence in Bamberg for their court keeping. After the fall of Napoleon, the couple lost the sovereign Principality of Neuchâtel, but retained all other dignities. On June 1, 1815, Maria Elisabeth's husband fell from a window on the 2nd floor of the imperial apartments of the former prince-bishop's residence about 20 meters down the Residenzstrasse and died ("Bamberg Lintel"). There is a plaque in his memory there. Berthier's end may just as well have been an accident or suicide. Berthier is rumored to have been killed by six masked men who threw him out.

progeny

From her marriage, Maria Elisabeth had the following children:

⚭ 1831 Zénaïde Françoise Clary (1812–1884)
  • Caroline Joséphine (1812-1905)
⚭ 1832 Baron Alphonse Napoléon d'Hautpoul (1806–1889)
  • Marie Anne Wilhelmine Alexandrine Elisabeth (1816–1878)
⚭ 1834 Jules Lebrun, duc de Plaisance (1811–1872)

literature

  • Georg Hassel: General European state u. address: Handbuch , 1816, p. 90
  • Karl August Schimmer: The French Revolution and its Consequences , JP Sollinger, 1838, p. 179

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oskar Criste: Napoleon and his marshals , Volume 4, CW Stern, 1906, p 54
  2. ↑ Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst and Geschichte: Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst , Volume 34–35, Freunde Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte., 1982, p. 83
personal data
SURNAME Bavaria, Maria Elisabeth in
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bavaria, Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Wagram, Duchess of Neuchâtel
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1849
Place of death Paris