Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

Duchess Maria Elisabeth
Princess of Wagram
Portrait by Joseph Boze
Princess consort of Neuchâtel
Tenure	9 March 1808 – 3 June 1814
Born	(1784-05-05)5 May 1784 Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria
Died	1 June 1849(1849-06-01) (aged 65) Paris, France
Spouse	Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Issue	Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram Caroline Joséphine, Baroness of Hautpoul Marie Anne, Duchess of Plaisance
Names German: Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria
Mother	Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) was a Duchess in Bavaria as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach and through her marriage to Louis-Alexandre Berthier became Princess of Wagram and Princess of Neuchâtel.

Life

The Princess in 1832 by François-Gabriel Lépaulle

Maria Elisabeth was born in Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria, the only daughter and second child of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, sister of the future king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. She died in Paris, France, aged 65.

Marriage and issue

Maria Elisabeth married Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 February 1753 – 1 June 1815), 1st Prince of Wagram, 1st Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and a Marshal of France, on 9 March 1808. The marriage took place at the explicit request of Emperor Napoleon I. They had one son and two daughters :

• Napoléon Alexandre, 2nd Prince, 1st Duke (11 September 1810 – 10 February 1887) married on 29 June 1831 Zénaïde Françoise Clary (25 November 1812 – 27 April 1884) and had issue, extinct in male line in 1918
• Caroline Joséphine (22 August 1812 – 1905) married on 9 October 1832 Alphonse Napoléon, Baron of Hautpoul (29 May 1806 – 25 April 1889)
• Marie Anne Wilhelmine Alexandrine Elisabeth (19 February 1816 – 23 July 1878) married on 24 June 1834 Jules Lebrun, 3rd Duke of Plaisance (19 April 1811 – 15 January 1872)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

16. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 8. John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 17. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken 4. John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 18. Georg Friedrich von Witzleben 9. Esther Maria von Witzleben 19. Maria Magdalena von Hanstein 2. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria 20. John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun 10. Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun 21. Countess Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler 5. Wild- and Rhinegravine Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun 22. Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler 11. Countess Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler 23. Countess Christiane of Ahlefeldt 1. Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria 24. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 12. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 25. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein 6. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 26. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken 13. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken 27. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 3. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 28. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 14. Joseph Charles, Hereditary Prince of Sulzbach 29. Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg 7. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach 30. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine 15. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg 31. Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł

References

Bibliography

• von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

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