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Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Queen of Saxony – source: Wikipedia
The first Queen of Saxony, Amalie Auguste was the wife of King Friedrich August I of Saxony. She was born Countess Maria Amalie Auguste of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, in Mannheim, Palatinate of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, now in Baden-Württemberg Germany, on May 10, 1752, the daughter of Count Palatine Friedrich Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Sulzbach. Amalie had four siblings:
- Karl II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746-1795) – married Maria Amalia of Saxony, had issue
- Klemens August (1749-1750) – died in infancy
- Maria Anna (1753-1824) – married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, had issue
- King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756-1825) – married (1) Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt, had issue; (2) Karoline of Baden, had issue
Friedrich August, painted by Johann Heinrich Schmidt. source: Wikipedia
On January 29, 1769, Amalie married Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (the future King Friedrich August I). At the time of her marriage, she became the Electress of Saxony, the last to hold this title. In addition to three stillborn children, the couple had one daughter:
- Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863) – unmarried
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Queen of Saxony- source: Wikipedia
On December 20, 1806, Amalie became the first Queen of Saxony when the Electorate of Saxony was elevated to a kingdom, and her husband assumed the throne as King Friedrich August I of Saxony. She also became Duchess of Warsaw the following year when the newly created Duchy of Warsaw, a protectorate of the French Empire, was placed in personal union with the Kingdom of Saxony by the French Emperor Napoléon. She remained Duchess of Warsaw until 1815 when it was dissolved at the Congress of Vienna.
Amalie’s husband died in May 1827 and was succeeded by his younger brother Anton. Queen Amalie survived her husband by a year and a half, dying in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, now in the German state of Saxony, on November 15, 1828. She is buried in the Wettin Crypt at the Dresden Cathedral, formerly known as the Katholische Hofkirche (Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony).
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