Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1 April 1825 – 26 April 1864) was the only daughter of
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Leopold II( it, Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Francesco Ferdinando Carlo, german: Leopold Johann Joseph Franz Ferdinand Karl, English: ''Leopold John Joseph Francis Ferdinand Charles''. (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tusc ...
and his first wife,
Maria Anna of Saxony to survive to adulthood. She married
Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, who later became the
Prince Regent of Bavaria after her death.
Family
Auguste was one of three children born to
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Leopold II( it, Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Francesco Ferdinando Carlo, german: Leopold Johann Joseph Franz Ferdinand Karl, English: ''Leopold John Joseph Francis Ferdinand Charles''. (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tusc ...
, by his first wife,
Maria Anna of Saxony. She was an older half-sister to
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, among others. She was a member of the direct lineage of both
Louis XIV of France
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and
William the Conqueror
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.
Early life
After a strict Catholic upbringing, she developed an interest in the arts and sciences early in life. Contemporaries described her as tall, beautiful and self-conscious.
Marriage and children
On 15 April 1844, she married Prince Luitpold in Florence. Luitpold's father
Ludwig I of Bavaria
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initially opposed Luitpold's marriage plans, since Auguste was already showing symptoms of
pulmonary tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...
before the marriage (the disease of which she finally died aged only 39).
They had four children (with whom she always spoke Italian), including
Ludwig III of Bavaria, and she was a great support for Luitpold in all his political activities. During the
1848 Revolution
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europe ...
, she spoke against
Lola Montez
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and sought to isolate opponents of the monarchy.
Her children with Luitpold were:
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Ludwig III (1845–1921), King of Bavaria, married Archduchess
Maria Theresia of Austria-Este (1849–1919)
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Leopold (1846–1930), married
Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856–1932)
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Therese
Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to:
Persons
Therese
*Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg
* Therese of B ...
(1850–1925)
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Arnulf
Arnulf is a masculine German given name.
It is composed of the Germanic elements ''arn'' "eagle" and ''ulf'' "wolf".
The ''-ulf, -olf'' suffix was an extremely frequent element in Germanic onomastics and from an early time was perceived as a mere ...
(1852–1907), married
Princess Therese of Liechtenstein
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, father = Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
, mother = Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
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(1850–1938)
On her death, she was buried in the crypt of the
Theatinerkirche. Luitpold never remarried, with his sister
Adelgunde and daughter Therese taking over care of his household.
Ancestry
External links
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1825 births
1864 deaths
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
House of Wittelsbach
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
People of the Revolutions of 1848
Austrian princesses
Bavarian princesses
Nobility from Florence
Burials at the Theatine Church, Munich
Italian Roman Catholics
Tuberculosis deaths in Germany