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Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Marie Auguste Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt) (14 April 1765 – 30 March 1796) was the mother of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Augusta Wilhelmine was born at Darmstadt, the fourth daughter and ninth child of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (second son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Countess Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim.
[edit] Biography
[edit] Marriage and children
On 30 September 1785, in Darmstadt, Augusta Wilhelmine married Maximilian, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (later King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria). They had five children :
Maximilian was an officer in the French army stationed at Strasbourg, but the couple also often visited Paris.[1] There Augusta Wilhelmine met Queen Marie Antoinette with whom she maintained an ongoing correspondence.
In 1789 Maximilian's regiment rose in revolt and he and Augusta Wilhelmine fled to her parents' home in Darmstadt.[2] For the next five years they lived mostly in the neighbouring town of Mannheim. In December 1794 the French army attacked Mannheim. Augusta Wilhelmine fled the city when her home was shelled by French artillery.[3]
[edit] Duchess of Zweibrücken
In April 1795 Maximilian succeeded his brother as reigning Duke of Zweibrücken; however, his duchy was entirely occupied by the French. In March 1796 Augusta Wilhelmine, who had always had delicate lungs, finally succumbed and died at Rohrbach.[4] She was buried in the Schlosskirche in Darmstadt.[5]
[edit] Ancestry
| Ancestors of Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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17. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
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4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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18. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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9. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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19. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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2. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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20. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg |
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21. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
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5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg |
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22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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11. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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23. Princess Johanna of Baden-Durlach |
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1. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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24. Georg Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg |
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12. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg |
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25. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein |
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6. Christian, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg |
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26. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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13. Countess Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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27. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
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3. Countess Maria Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg |
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28. Johann August, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim |
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14. Georg Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim |
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29. Countess Eleonore Cratz von Scharffenstein |
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7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim |
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30. Count Frederik Ahlefeldt |
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15. Countess Charlotte Sybille Ahlefeldt |
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31. Countess Maria Elisabeth of Leiningen-Hartenburg |
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Egon Caesar Corti, Ludwig I of Bavaria (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938), 15.
- ^ Corti, 19.
- ^ Corti, 21.
- ^ Corti, 24.
- ^ Hans Rall, Wittelsbacher Lebensbilder von Kaiser Ludwig bis zur Gegenwart (Munich: Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds), 142.
[edit] Bibliography
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- Winkler, Wilhelm. "Die Mutter König Ludwig I. von Bayern nach ungedruckten Briefen", Die Wächter (1924).
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