Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Marie Luise Franziska Amalie of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha ( born October 23, 1848 in Coburg, † May 6, 1894 in Munich) was a German princess and by marriage Duchess in Bavaria.

Life

Amalie was the second daughter of five children of Prince August of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clementine d' Orléans.

The early 1870s, the marriage of Princess Amelia and the Bavarian Prince Leopold ( 1846-1930 ) was planned. But it is precisely in this Empress Elizabeth 's youngest brother, Max Emanuel Duke had in Bavaria, in love and wanted to marry her. To clean up the somewhat confusing situation and keep everyone happy, the Empress is turned on. She invited a Leopold to Gödöllő, where the Archduchess Gisela of Austria was. The Bavarian prince could the hand of the emperor's daughter not refuse, because it was too tempting to be the son of the Emperor of Austria. Some time later, Elisabeth mediated with the help of the Countess Festetics marriage, which was close to her heart: that between her brother Max Emanuel and the Princess Amelia.

In 1875, Princess Amalie married the Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria, son of Duke Max Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Ludovica Wilhelmine of Bavaria. From the marriage, which should be by all accounts have been happy had three children:

• Siegfried August in Bavaria (1876-1952)
• Christopher Joseph of Bavaria (1879-1963)
• Emanuel Luitpold of Bavaria (1890-1973)

• Prince
• Ernestine
• House Coburg- Koháry
• Wittelsbach ( line Palatinate - Birkenfeld - Gelnhausen )
• Born in 1848
• Died in 1894
• Woman