Amalie Auguste von Bayern

Queen consort of Saxony (1801-1877)
English: Amalie Auguste (München, November 13 1801 - Dresden, November 8 1877) was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.

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Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden.
She was the twin sister of Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia. Three other sisters married Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria. Amalie Auguste married on November 22 1822 Prince John of Saxony, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children:

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