Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Maria Amalie Auguste, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken- Birkenfeld - Bischweiler ( born May 10, 1752 in Mannheim, † November 15, 1828 in Dresden) was Electress and first Queen of Saxony and Duchess of Warsaw.

Life

She was born in Mannheim, Germany, the daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken- Birkenfeld - Bischweiler and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach and was on 29 January 1769 in Dresden with Friedrich August III. married of Saxony. At this time, her husband was already Elector of Saxony, in 1806 he proclaimed himself the first king of Saxony. Napoleon had appointed him Duke of Warsaw. He became a brother of the Bavarian King through his marriage, because Amalie was the sister of the later first Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph.

Progeny

Electress Amalia brought four children into the world, of which three were stillbirths, and daughter Mary Augusta reached adulthood, but remained unmarried.

• One child (* / † 1771)
• One child (* / † 1775)
• Maria Augusta (* June 21, 1782, † March 14, 1863 )
• One child (* / † 1797)

Amalie died on November 15, 1828 at the age of 76 years and was buried in the Catholic Hofkirche in Dresden.