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| Pius August | |
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| Duke in Bavaria | |
 Portrait by Joseph Hauber, 1800 | |
| Born | 1 August 1786 Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria |
| Died | 3 August 1837 (aged 51) Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
Duke Pius August in Bavaria,[1] full German name: Pius August Herzog in Bayern[1] (born 1 August 1786 in Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria;[1] died 3 August 1837 in Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria[1]) was a Duke in Bavaria as a member of the Palatine Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the paternal grandfather of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through his son Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians and an ancestor of the current generations of the Belgian and Italian Royal Families and the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg.
Early life
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Pius August was born on 1 August 1786 in Landshut as the third child and eldest surviving son of the then Count Palatine Wilhelm of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. His father was a member of the non-reigning Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line of the widely branched House of Wittelsbach, and his mother was a daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria.[2]
Marriage and issue
[edit]Pius August married Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, daughter of Prince Louis Marie of Arenberg (1757-1795) and his wife, Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine (1766-1789), on 26 May 1807 in Brussels.[1] Pius August and Amélie Louise had one son:[1]
- Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888)[1]
Later life
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Duke Pius August was a major general in the royal Bavarian Army and commanded the 8th Infantry Regiment in Bayreuth.[3] In 1815, Pius August became an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He loved to travel.
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References
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[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Darryl Lundy (15 Jan 2003). "Pius August Herzog in Bayern". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain (1985). Giraud, Alain (ed.). L'Allemagne dynastique (in French). Vol. IV : Wittelsbach. Le Perreux-sur-Marne. p. 348. ISBN 978-2-901138-04-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Militär-Handbuch des Königreiches Bayern (in German). 1838. p. 201.
Bibliography
[edit]- von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.
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External links
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Media related to Pius August, Duke in Bavaria at Wikimedia Commons
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