On 12 July 1856, Empress Elisabeth of Austria gave birth to a second daughter. The labour went quickly and was without complications. She was named Gisela, after the wife of the first Christian King of Hungary, King Stephen I. Elisabeth’s mother Ludovika was the child’s godmother, but she was not present at the christening the [read more]
Amélie of Arenberg was born on 10 April 1789 in Paris as the daughter of Prince Louis Marie of Arenberg and Anne Adélaïde Julie, Comtesse de Mailly de Nesle. Her parents had married on 26 June 1788 in the chapel of the Hotel d’Harcourt in Paris. Tragically, Amélie’s mother would die on Christmas Eve in [read more]
Read part one here. Caroline Augusta was still much grieved over her failed first marriage and had spent a lot of time in tears. The surprise was thus very great when she was finally informed. Her stepmother wrote to her, “You are in a fine embarrassment, my poor Charlotte, I can understand your situation. If [read more]
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria was born on 8 February 1792 as the third but second surviving daughter of the future King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his first wife, Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was baptised the following day with the names Charlotte Augusta, and she really only became known as Caroline after her [read more]
Maria Josepha of Bavaria was born in Munich on 20 March 1739 as the daughter of the future Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia of Austria. She was the youngest of seven children, though two of her siblings did not live to adulthood. The relationship between her parents is difficult to pinpoint. Charles [read more]
Read part one here. Nevertheless, Maria Amalia was quickly pregnant with her first child, which turned out to be a short-lived girl born in 1723. A second daughter – named Maria Antonia Walpurgis – was born on 18 July 1724, followed by a third daughter – named Theresa Benedicta – on 6 December 1725. The [read more]
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