Amalie Auguste Queen of Saxony
- Category : Notable-Famous-Royal-family
- Type : GP
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Split - Small (8,13,31)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Explanation 4
Biography
German royalty, the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia.
In 1851 Amalie Auguste became chairman of Women's Association of Dresden (Dresden zu Frauenverein), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. In 1859 she reorganized it as the Zentralausschuß obererzgebirgischen und der vogtländischen Frauenvereine and established a legal basis for it, under which the organisation continued until 1932.
Amalie Auguste married on 22 November 1822 Prince John of Saxony, who became King of Saxony between 1854 and 1873. John and Amelia had nine children.
She died in Dresden on 8 November 1877.
