Auguste (Charles Eugène Napoléon) de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg (9 December 1810 - 28 March 1835) was the first Prince consort of Maria II of Portugal. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A prince consort, generally speaking, is the husband of a Queen regnant, unless he himself is a king. ... Maria II da Glória, Queen of Portugal, (pron. ...

Family

Born in Milan, Lombardy, he was the eldest son of Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia of Bavaria. His maternal grandparents were Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his first wife Marie Wilhelmine Auguste Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt. Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is one of the biggest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lumbardìa) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (September 3, 1781 - February 21, 1824) was the first child and only son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais. ... King Maximilian I of Bavaria. ...

His maternal grandmother Marie Wilhelmine Auguste was a daughter of Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt, younger son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Landgrave Louis VIII Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt (5 April 1691 - 17 October 1768) was the son of Ernest Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt and Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. ...

He was also a brother of Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden. Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximiliane Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais, 14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876) was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Paris–July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ...

Duke of Leuchtenberg

His maternal grandfather Maximilian of Bavaria appointed Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg on 14 November 1817. The title came with the effective administration of the Principality of Eichstätt. Auguste was named "Prince of Leuchtenburg" and as the eldest son became the heir to his father. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Eichstätt (not to be confused with Eichstädt) is a city in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. ...

Eugène died on 21 February 1824 and Auguste became the second Duke of Leuchtenberg at this point. A decade later, Maria II of Portugal had been restored on her throne. She negated her betrothal to her own paternal uncle Miguel of Portugal and sought a more suitable husband. She settled on Auguste. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Miguel I, King of Portugal/pron. ...

Prince Consort of Portugal

Auguste and Maria II were married by proxy in Munich on 1 December 1834. The groom was almost twenty-four years old and the bride only fifteen years old. Auguste was named Duke of Santa Cruz on the date of this marriage. Munich (German: , pronounced  ) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: ). Munich is Germanys third largest city and one of Europes most prosperous. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

He arrived in Portugal shortly there after and the couple were married in person in a new ceremony. The ceremony took place in Lisbon on 26 January 1835 and Auguste officialy became the Prince Consort. However Auguste fell ill and died only two months later. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Auguste was childless at the time of his death. His younger brother became Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg as his successor. A year later Maria II married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a son of Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 4th Prince of Kohary, who would become her second Prince Consort and later her King Consort. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (October 29, 1816 - December 15, 1885) was consort king of Portugal and Algarves following his marriage to Queen Maria II in 1836. ... King consort is a title given in some monarchies to the husband of a Queen regnant. ...

Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (September 3, 1781 - February 21, 1824) was the first child and only son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... D. Maria Leopoldina in 1825, with her children (the future Emperor Dom Pedro II sits at her lap; at her right the future Queen Maria da Glória of Portugal) Archduchess Maria Leopoldina Josepha Caroline of Austria (22 January 1797-11 December 1826), Empress consort of Brazil, and, for two... Troughout its History, the Portuguese monarchy has had only two queens regnant: Maria I and Maria II of Portugal (and, arguably, Beatrice for a short period of time in the 14th century). ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (October 29, 1816 - December 15, 1885) was consort king of Portugal and Algarves following his marriage to Queen Maria II in 1836. ...

External links

• A Beauharnais geneology
• A listing of the Ducal family of Leuchtenberg