Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Marie Luise Franziska Amalie; 23 October 1848 – 6 May 1894) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by birth and a Duchess in Bavaria through her marriage to Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. Amalie was the fourth child and second eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Her youngest brother was Ferdinand I of Bulgaria.

Princess Amalie
Duchess Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria
Born(1848-10-23)23 October 1848
Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Died6 May 1894(1894-05-06) (aged 45)
Schloss Biederstein, Schwabing, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
SpouseDuke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria
IssueDuke Siegfried August
Duke Christoph
Duke Luitpold
Full name
German: Marie Luise Franziska Amalie
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha
FatherPrince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherPrincess Clémentine of Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholic

Marriage and issue
Princess Amalie in 1855, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

From childhood, Amalie had been intended as the bride of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. However, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, fell in love with her and confided this love in his sister Elisabeth, now Empress of Austria.

The Empress became determined to ensure her favorite brother's happiness. She invited Leopold for an extended visit with the imperial family, among whom was her own fifteen-year-old daughter Archduchess Gisela of Austria. There, Leopold was tactfully made aware that a marriage with Gisela would be looked upon with favor by Emperor Franz Joseph. The temptation to become the Emperor's son-in-law was too strong to resist, and Leopold became engaged to Gisela after only a few days. After a sufficient amount of time had passed to enable Amalie to recover, Empress Elisabeth brought Max and Amalie together. They were married on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal, Lower Austria, Austria–Hungary.

Amalie and Maximilian Emanuel had three sons:

  • Siegfried, Duke in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952)
  • Christoph Joseph Clemens, Duke in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963)
  • Luitpold Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

The marriage was by all accounts a very happy one.

Ancestry

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