Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)

Maria Anna of Bavaria
Portrait of Maria Anna by Joseph Karl Stieler, c. 1850.
Queen consort of Saxony
Tenure	6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854
Spouse	Frederick Augustus II
Full name
Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine
House	House of Wittelsbach House of Wettin
Father	Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother	Caroline of Baden
Born	27 January 1805(1805-01-27) Munich
Died	13 September 1877(1877-09-13) (aged 72) Wachwitz
Burial	Katholische Hofkirche
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; born Munich, 27 January 1805; died Wachwitz, 13 September 1877) was Queen Consort of Saxony from 1836 to 1854.

Biography

A painting of Maria Anna with two of her sisters (Princesses Sophie and Ludovika).

Maria Anna was 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.

Marriage

On 24 April 1833 in Dresden, Maria married Crown Prince Frederick of Saxony, whose brother Prince John of Saxony was married to her sister Amalie and whom had been widowed the year before. In 1836, Frederick succeeded his uncle Anthony as king, making her queen. There were no children from the marriage. 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 named to "Zentralausschuß der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen Frauenvereine" and existed until 1932. She constructed the chapell Gedächtniskapelle in 1855. She is known as the correspondent of the writer Ida von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880).

Ancestry

Literature

• Martha Schad : Bayerns Königinnen, Piper 2004 Martha Schad, drottning av Bayern, Piper 2004

Footnotes

External links

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

Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877) House of Wittelsbach Born: 27 January 1805 Died: 13 September 1877
German royalty
Vacant Title last held by Maria Theresia of Tuscany	Queen consort of Saxony 6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854	Succeeded by Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Persondata
Name	Maria Anna of Bavaria
Alternative names	Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Bavaria (full name); Maria Anna von Bayern (German)
Short description	Queen Consort of Saxony from 1836 to 1854
Date of birth	27 January 1805
Place of birth	Munich
Date of death	13 September 1877
Place of death	Wachwitz