Princess Augusta of Bavaria

Princess Augusta of Bavaria
Princess of Venice
Grand Duchess of Frankfurt
Duchess of Leuchtenberg
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, c.1825
Viceregal consort of Italy
Tenure14 January 1806 – 11 April 1814
Duchess consort of Leuchtenburg
Princess consort of Eichstätt
Tenure14 November 1817 – 21 February 1824
Born(1788-06-21)21 June 1788
Strasbourg, Kingdom of France
Died13 May 1851(1851-05-13) (aged 62)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Spouse
(m. 1806; died 1824)
Issue
Names
German: Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia
French: Auguste Amélie Louise Georgine
HouseWittelsbach
FatherMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
MotherAugusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (German: Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia von Bayern) (21 June 1788 in Munich 13 May 1851 in Strasbourg) was the second child and eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. By marriage, she was a French princess and vicereine of Italy. She was the aunt of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and, by marriage, of Emperor Napoleon III.