Princess Auguste of Bavaria (; 28 April 1875 – 25 June 1964) was a member of the

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n Royal

House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, ...

and the wife of

Archduke Joseph August of Austria Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962) was a '' Feldmarschall'' (field marshal) of the Austro-Hungarian Army and for a short period head of state of Hungary. He w ...

Birth and family

Auguste was born in

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, the second child and younger daughter 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 second son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825– ...

and his Austrian wife,

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. She became a Princess of Bavaria through her marria ...

. She had one older sister,

Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (; 8 January 1874 – 4 March 1957) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Early life Elisabeth was born in Munich, Bavaria on 8 January 1874, as a member of the House of Wittelsbach, reigni ...

and two younger brothers, Prince Georg of Bavaria and Prince Konrad of Bavaria.

World War I

On the outbreak of war with Italy in 1915, Augusta Maria Louise, though in her 40s and the mother of a son serving as an officer, went to the front with the cavalry regiment of which her husband, the Archduke Josef August, a corps commander, was honorary colonel, and served a common soldier, wearing a saber and riding astride, until the end of the war.

Marriage and issue

She married Joseph August, Archduke of Austria, on 15 November 1893 in

. The couple were related, as her husband was second cousin of

Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...

, Auguste's grandfather. The pair had six children, three sons and three daughters: *

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria; 28 March 1895 – 25 September 1957), was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria. As his fat ...

, born on 28 March 1895; died on * Archduchess Gisela Auguste Anna Maria, born on 5 July 1897; died on * Archduchess Sophie Klementine Elisabeth Klothilde Maria, born on 11 March 1899; died on * Archduke Ladislaus Luitpold, born on 3 January 1901; died on * Archduke Matthias Joseph Albrecht Anton Ignatius, born on 26 June 1904; died on * Archduchess Magdalena Maria Raineria, born on 6 September 1909; died on

Death

Archduchess Auguste died on 25 June 1964 in

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, aged 89. Her body was buried in a family mausoleum in

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Ancestry

References

* Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979 1875 births 1964 deaths Nobility from Munich German Roman Catholics House of Wittelsbach House of Habsburg-Lorraine Bavarian princesses Austrian princesses Burials at Palatinal Crypt {{Germany-royal-stub