OTD 21 June 1788 Princess Augusta of Bavaria
On 21 June 1788 a very noble girl was born in Munich. She received the names: Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika of Bavaria (in German: von Bayern). Family Her parents were King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. Love and Marriage Initially she was promised to Charles, the heir of Baden, until Napoleon intervened. He ordered a wedding between Princess Augusta of Bavaria and Eugène the Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson. Princess Augusta's father gave his son in law the title: Duke of Leuchtenberg. Finally this political marriage turned out to be a happy one. They would have 7 children. Death Princess Augusta of Bavaria died on 13 May 1851, at the age of 62, in Munich. Source picture: Wikipedia