Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria was queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William IV. By birth, she was a Bavarian princess from the House of Wittelsbach; she was related to the ruling
Elisabeth Ludovika c. 1861
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, c. 1823
Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfel
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
…marriages of her sisters. She supported her husband's interests in art and made charitable donations. Elisabeth was born in Munich, the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his Queen Friederike Karoline Wilhelmine Margravine of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Queen Amalie of Saxony, consort of King John I…
Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1822
Maximilian Joseph
Monument to Max I Joseph, outside of the National Theatre, Munich (1835)
The king's youngest daughters (Marie Anne, Sophie and Ludovika) by Stieler