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Caroline Augusta of Bavaria | |
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Crown Princess of Württemberg | |
Empress consort of Austria Queen consort of Hungary | |
Tenure | 29 October 1816 – 2 March 1835 |
Coronation | 25 September 1825, St. Martin's Cathedral |
Born | Mannheim, Electoral Palatinate | 8 February 1792
Died | 9 February 1873 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged 81)
Spouses | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria |
Mother | Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (German: Karoline Auguste; 8 February 1792 – 9 February 1873) was Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria.[1] She was the penultimate child and third daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She firstly married to Crown Prince William of Württemberg in 1808, but they divorced in 1814.