Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | |||||
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Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen Duchess in Bavaria | |||||
Born | Schwetzingen | 18 July 1753||||
Died | 4 February 1824 Bamberg | (aged 70)||||
Spouse | Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria | ||||
Issue | Maria Elisabeth, Princess of Neûchatel Duke Pius August | ||||
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House | House of Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | ||||
Mother | Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (18 July 1753 – 4 February 1824) was Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and Duchess in Bavaria, through her marriage to Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. Maria Anna was a great-grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through his son Duke Pius August in Bavaria
Family[]
Maria Anna was born in Schwetzingen, as the second daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria and Amalie, the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony.
Marriage and issue[]
Maria Anna married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, a son of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen and his wife Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun, on 30 January 1780 in Mannheim. Wilhelm and Maria Anna had two children:
- unnamed son (6 May 1782)
- Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) married the French Marshall Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Duc de Wagram and had issue.
- Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1 August 1786 – 3 August 1837)
Ancestry[]
References[]
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 94.
- 1753 births
- 1824 deaths
- House of Wittelsbach
- German Roman Catholics
- Duchesses of Bavaria
- Countesses Palatine of Zweibrücken
- People from the Duchy of Württemberg
- People from Schwetzingen