Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)

Maria Anna of Bavaria
200px Portrait of Maria Anna by Joseph Karl Stieler, c. 1850.
Queen consort of Saxony
Tenure	6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854
Born	(1805-01-27)27 January 1805 Munich
Died	Wachwitz, Dresden
Burial	Katholische Hofkirche
Spouse	Frederick Augustus II
Full name Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother	Caroline of Baden
Religion	Roman Catholic

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; 27 January 1805 – 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 born in Munich, 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 who 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 chapel Gedächtniskapelle in 1855. She is known as the correspondent of the writer Ida von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880).

Maria Anna died in Wachwitz, Dresden, aged 72.

Ancestry

Family of Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)

16. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein               4. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken                             18. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       19. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                                   20. Theodore, Count Palatine of Sulzbach               10. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                       21. Marie Eleonore of Hessen-Rheinfels               5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach                             22. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine               11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg                       23. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł               1. Maria Anna of Bavaria                                         24. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach               12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden                       25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz               6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden                             26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               13. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt                       27. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg               3. Caroline of Baden                                   28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 26)               14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg (= 27)               7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt                             30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (= 8)               15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken                       31. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (= 9)

Literature

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

External links

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

Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877) Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Cadet branch of the 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