Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877)
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Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German:Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern) (born Munich, 27 January 1805; died Wachwitz, 13 September 1877) was Queen Consort of Saxony from 1836 to 1854.
Maria Anna was the daughter of Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the idential twin sister of Princess Sophie of Bavaria, mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
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 whom had been widowed the year before. In 1863, Frederick succeeded his uncle Anthony as king. There were no children from the marriage, and King Frederick Augustus II died in 1854.
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Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877)
Born: January 27 1805 Died: September 13 1877 |
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| Preceded by Maria Theresia of Tuscany |
Queen Consort of Saxony 1836-1854 |
Succeeded by Amalie Auguste of Bavaria |
