Maximiliana of Bavaria

Maximiliana
200px A painting of Maximiliana (embracing a lamb) with two of her sisters, Princesses Elisabeth and Amalie, by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1814.
Born	(1810-07-21)21 July 1810 Nymphenburg Palace
Died	Munich
Burial	Theatine Church, Munich
Full name Maximiliana Josepha Caroline
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother	Caroline of Baden
Religion	Roman Catholic

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

Biography

Maximilianawas born in Nymphenburg Palace, the 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 her 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. Her death was a devastating blow to her mother. She was buried at the Theatine Church, Munich.

Paintings

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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 her twin sisters Elisabeth and Amalie. After her death, her mother ordered more paintings to Joseph Stieler. Stieler painted her on her deathbed, and also made a full-length portrait of the princess.

Ancestry

Family of Maximiliana of Bavaria

16. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein               4. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken                             18. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       19. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                                   20. Theodore, Count Palatine of Sulzbach               10. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                       21. Marie Eleonore of Hessen-Rheinfels               5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach                             22. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine               11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg                       23. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł               1. Maximiliana of Bavaria                                         24. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach               12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden                       25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz               6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden                             26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               13. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt                       27. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg               3. Caroline of Baden                                   28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 26)               14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg (= 27)               7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt                             30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (= 8)               15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken                       31. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (= 9)

Literature

• Hans Rall und Marga Rall (1994) (in German), Die Wittelsbacher. Von Otto I. bis Elisabeth I, Wien: Tosa 
• Hans Rall (1979) (in German), Wittelsbacher Lebensbilder von Kaiser Ludwig bis zur Gegenwart. Führer durch die Münchner Fürstengrüfte mit Verzeichnis aller Wittelsbacher Grablegen und Grabstätten, München 
• Dorothea Minkels (2007) (in German), Elisabeth von Preussen. Königin in der Zeit des AusMÄRZens, Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, ISBN 978-3-8370-1250-7, //books.google.com/books?id=vMnfHOFJgOIC&pg=PA61