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Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893) was a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach, and a brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria. He married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1875, and had three children wi ...

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Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Marie Luise Franziska Amalie; 23 October 1848 – 6 May 1894) was a Princess of

by birth and a Duchess in Bavaria through her marriage to

. Amalie was the fourth child and second eldest daughter of

and his wife

. Her youngest brother was

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and her paternal uncle was

Ferdinand II of Portugal ''Dom'' Ferdinand II (Portuguese: ''Fernando II'') (29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal '' jure uxoris'' as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth of ...

Life

Early years

Portrait Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha by Winterhalter 1855

Princess Amalie was born in

, Germany, to

and his wife,

. Since childhood, Amalie had been intended as the bride of

Prince Leopold of Bavaria Prince Leopold of Bavaria (Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf; 9 February 1846 – 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825–1864). H ...

. However,

fell in love with her and confided this love to his sister Elisabeth. Elisabeth—the empress of Austria and queen of Hungary—became determined to ensure her favorite brother's happiness, for she invited Leopold to an extended visit with the imperial family, among those who attended was her own fifteen-year-old daughter

Archduchess Gisela of Austria Archduchess Gisela Louise Marie of Austria (12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Although christened ''Gisella'', she only ever wro ...

. There, Leopold was tactfully made aware that a marriage with Gisela would be looked upon with favor by

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. If Leopold was to marry Gisela, he would become the emperor’s son-in-law; upon realizing this, he accepted and became engaged to Gisela after only a few days.

Marriage

Duke Maximillian and Princess Amalie were married on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal,

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. The marriage was, by all accounts, a very happy one.

Children

Amalie and Maximilian Emanuel had three children: * Siegfried'','' Duke in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952) *Christoph Joseph Clemens, Duke in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963) *Luitpold Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

Death

On 6 May 1894, at the age of 45, Princess Amalie died due to

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Ancestry

References

Bibliography

* Damien Bilteryst, Olivier Defrance, Joseph van Loon: ''Les Biederstein, cousins oubliés de la reine Élisabeth, années 1875-1906''. Museum Dynasticum, Bruxelles, XXXIV/1 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:Amalie Of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Princess 1848 births 1894 deaths People from Coburg Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchesses of Bavaria