2025The 200th Anniversary of the Coronation of Caroline Augusta of Bavaria - Commemorative Sheetlet - Collectibles

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792 – 1873), from the House of Wittelsbach, was the daughter of the Bavarian King, Maximilian I Joseph (1756 – 1825), and his first wife Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765 – 1796). In 1816, she married the widowed Austrian Emperor and Hungarian and Czech King, Francis I (II) of Habsburg-Lorraine (1768 – 1835) and became his fourth wife. Although her political role was rather insignificant, she exercised great influence, particularly due to her charity related activities, her support of social and Church institutions, and art within the Habsburg monarchy.