Princess Amélie Louise Julie of Arenberg, (full

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name: ''Amalie Luise Julie, Prinzessin und Herzogin von Arenberg'' and full French name: ''Amélie Louise, princesse et duchesse d'Arenberg'', (born 10 April 1789 in

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; died 4 April 1823 in

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) was a member of the

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by birth and, through her marriage to Duke Pius August in Bavaria, a member of the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the

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. Amélie Louise was a grandmother of

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through her son

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Early life

Born in

, Amélie Louise Julie was the only daughter of Prince Louis Marie Eugène of

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(1757–1795) and his first wife, Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine (1766–1789). She had a half-sister, Princess Catherine Marie Louise Francoise of Arenberg (1792-1794), from her father's second marriage to Princess Elisabeth Shakhovskoy (1773-1796), member of the

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. Amélie paternal grandparents were Charles Marie Raymond, 5th Duke of Arenberg and his wife, Countess Louise Margarethe von der Marck-Schleiden (1730-1820). Her maternal grandparents were Louis Joseph de Mailly-Nesle, Prince d'Orange and

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(1744-1810) and his wife, Adélaide Julie de

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, Mademoiselle de Montignac (1743-1783). The notorious Mailly-Nesle sisters, Pauline Félicité, Louise Julie and Diane Adélaïde, mistresses of

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were among her mother's cousins.

Marriage and issue

Amélie Louise married Duke Pius August in Bavaria, son of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, on 26 May 1807 in Brussels. Pius August and Amélie Louise had one son: *

(4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888) After their marriage, the couple moved to

and their son Maximilian Joseph was born the following year. In 1817, Amélie Louise sent her only son to reside with his great uncle

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, where he studied at the Royal Institute of Education. Amélie Louise did not see him until 1820. Shortly after returning from her second visit to

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, Amélie Louise died in 1823 in Bamberg. She was interred in the burial crypt of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amelie Louise Of Arenberg, Princess 1789 births 1823 deaths Nobility from Brussels House of Wittelsbach Amelie Louise Belgian Roman Catholics German Roman Catholics Duchesses of Bavaria