Duke ''Pius August'' in Bavaria, full

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name: ''Pius August Herzog in Bayern'' (born 1 August 1786 in Landshut,

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; died 3 August 1837 in

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) was a

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as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the

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. Pius August was a grandfather of

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through his son

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, as well as a great grandfather of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians and an ancestor of the current generations of the

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Early life

Born in Landshut, Pius August was the third child of

Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, full German name: ''Wilhelm, Herzog in Bayern'' (born 10 November 1752 in Gelnhausen, Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen; died 8 January 1837 in Landshut or Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria) was Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gel ...

and his wife,

Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 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 gr ...

, sister of

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Marriage and issue

Pius August married

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, daughter of Prince Louis Marie of

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(1757-1795) and his wife, Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly-Nesle, dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine (1766-1789), on 26 May 1807 in

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. Pius August and Amélie Louise had one son: *

(4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888)

Later life

In 1815, Pius August became an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He loved to

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Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pius August In Bavaria, Duke 1786 births 1837 deaths People from Landshut House of Wittelsbach German Roman Catholics Dukes in Bavaria Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat Heirs apparent who never acceded