Duchess Maria Elisabeth
Princess of Wagram
Portrait by Joseph Boze
Princess consort of Neuchâtel
Tenure9 March 1808 – 3 June 1814
Born(1784-05-05)5 May 1784
Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria
Died1 June 1849(1849-06-01) (aged 65)
Paris, France
SpouseLouis-Alexandre Berthier
IssueNapoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram
Caroline Joséphine, Baroness of Hautpoul
Marie Anne, Duchess of Plaisance
Names
German: Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska
HouseWittelsbach
FatherDuke Wilhelm in Bavaria
MotherCountess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) was a Duchess in Bavaria as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach and through her marriage to Louis-Alexandre Berthier became Princess of Wagram and Princess of Neuchâtel.

Life

Maria Elisabeth was born in Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria, the only daughter and second child of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, sister of the future king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. She died in Paris, France, aged 65.

Marriage and issue

Maria Elisabeth married Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 February 1753 – 1 June 1815), 1st Prince of Wagram, 1st Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and a Marshal of France, on 9 March 1808. The marriage took place at the explicit request of Emperor Napoleon I.[1] They had one son and two daughters :

The Princess in 1832 by François-Gabriel Lépaulle

Ancestry

References

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  1. ^ Oskar Criste: Napoleon und seine Marschälle, Book 4, C.W. Stern, 1906, P. 54

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