Princess and Duchess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, full German

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 name: Amalie Luise, Prinzessin und Herzogin von Arenberg and full French

French language

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 name: Amélie Louise, princesse et duchesse d'Arenberg, (born 10 April 1789 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Austrian Netherlands; died 4 April 1823 in Bamberg

Bamberg

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, Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

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) was a member of the House of Arenberg

House of Arenberg

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 by birth and, through her marriage to Duke Pius August in Bavaria

Duke Pius August in Bavaria

Duke Pius August in Bavaria, full German name: Pius August Herzog in Bayern was a Duke in Bavaria as a member of the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach...

, a member of the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach. Amélie Louise was a grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Elisabeth of Bavaria

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 through her son Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria.

Early life

Born in Brussels

Brussels

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, Austrian Netherlands, Amélie Louise was the daughter of Prince Louis Marie d'Arenberg and his first wife, Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly, dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Marriage and issue

Amélie Louise married Duke Pius August in Bavaria

Duke Pius August in Bavaria

Duke Pius August in Bavaria, full German name: Pius August Herzog in Bayern was a Duke in Bavaria as a member of the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach...

, son 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, on 26 May 1807 in Brussels. Pius August and Amélie Louise had one son:

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

After their marriage, the couple moved to Bamberg

Bamberg

Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

 and received their son Maximilian Joseph the following year. In 1817, Amélie Louise sent her only son to reside with his great uncle Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, 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 Munich

Munich

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

Tegernsee Abbey

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Titles and styles

• 10 April 1789 – 26 May 1807: Her Serene Highness Princess and Duchess Amélie Louise of Arenberg
• 26 May 1807 – 4 April 1823: Her Royal Highness Duchess Amélie Louise in Bavaria

Ancestry