Princess Augusta of Bavaria

Princess Augusta of Bavaria
Princess of Venice
Grand Duchess of Frankfurt
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 Georgie
HouseWittelsbach
FatherMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
MotherAugusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt
Coat of arms of Auguste Amélie de Bavière

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.