Maximiliana of Bavaria

Maximiliana

A painting of Maximiliana with two of her sisters, Princesses Elisabeth and Amalie, by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1814.
Full name
Maximiliana Josepha Caroline
House House of Wittelsbach
Father Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother Caroline of Baden
Born 21 July 1810
Nymphenburg Palace
Died 4 February 1821 (aged 10)
Munich
Burial Theatine Church, Munich
Religion Roman Catholicism

Princess Maximiliana of Bavaria (German: Maximiliane Josepha Caroline von Bayern, 21 July 1810 – 4 February 1821), was a Princess of Bavaria, daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Caroline of Baden.

Biography

Maximiliana[1]was born in Nymphenburg Palace, the main summer residence of the kings of Bavaria. She was the last child of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. Her mother gave birth to eight children, only his eldest brother Maximilian, died in childhood. Maximiliana's siblings included King Ludwig I, Caroline Augusta, Empress of Austria, Elisabeth, Queen consort of Prussia, Amalie, Queen consort of Saxony and Sophie, Archduchess of Austria; as well as Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria, mother of Franz Josef's consort, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi).

In 1821, Maximiliana ill with typhus, and died at the age of ten. His death was a devastating blow to his mother. She was buried at the Theatine Church, Munich.

Paintings

Tomb of Maximiliana at the Theatine Church, Munich.

In 1814, Maximiliana was immortalized by the painter Joseph Karl Stieler, in an oil painting which appears embracing a lamb with his twin sisters Elisabeth and Amalie. After his death, his mother ordered more paintings to Joseph Stieler. Stieler painted her on his deathbed, and also made a full-length portrait of the princess.

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ van de Pas, Leo. "Maximiliane, Prinzessin von Bayern". Genealogics .org. Retrieved 2013-06-05.

Literature