Duke Pius August in Bavaria, full German

German language

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

Landshut

Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...

, Electorate of Bavaria

Electorate of Bavaria

The Electorate of Bavaria was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623 to 1806, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria....

; died 3 August 1837 in Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...

) was a Duke in Bavaria

Duke in Bavaria

Duke in Bavaria was a title used among others since 1506, when primogeniture was established, by all members of the House of Wittelsbach, with the exception of the Duke of Bavaria which began to be a unique position...

 as a member of the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach. Pius August was a grandfather of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...

 through his son Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria.

Early life

Born in Landshut, Pius August was the third child of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria

Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria

Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, full German name: Wilhelm, Herzog in Bayern was Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen between 1789 and 1799 and first Duke in Bavaria from 16 February 1799 until his death in 1837...

 and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.

Marriage and issue

Pius August married Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg

Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg

Princess and Duchess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, full German name: Amalie Luise, Prinzessin und Herzogin von Arenberg and full French name: Amélie Louise, princesse et duchesse d'Arenberg, was a member of the House of Arenberg by birth and, through her marriage to Duke Pius...

, daughter of Duke Louis Marie of Arenberg and his wife Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly, dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine, on 26 May 1807 in Brussels

Brussels

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. Pius August and Amélie Louise had one son:

• Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888)

Later life

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

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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. He loved to travel

Travel

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Titles and styles

• 1 August 1786 – 16 February 1799: Count Palatine Pius August of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
• 16 February 1799 – 3 August 1837: His Royal Highness Duke Pius August in Bavaria

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