Maria Anna Josepha was born at the
Nymphenburg Palace in 1734. She was the fifth child of
Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria (later
Holy Roman Emperor) and his wife
Maria Amalia of Austria. She was baptised with the names
Maria Anna Josepha Augusta. A member of the
House of Wittelsbach, rulers of the
Electorate of Bavaria, she was styled a Duchess of Bavaria. She married
Louis George of Baden-Baden, the ruling
Margrave of
Baden-Baden and son of the late
Louis William of Baden-Baden and his wife
Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, the latter was the regent of Baden-Baden for the infant Louis George. The couple were married at the Schloss Ettlingen in Baden on 20 July 1755; the bride was aged 20, the groom 53. The couple remained childless; although Louis George did have one surviving daughter, Elisabeth, from his previous marriage, but as a female she was barred from the succession to the Margraviate., Her husband had been married previously to
Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg As a widow, Maria Anna Josepha returned to her native Bavaria where she died at the Nymphenburg Palace in
Munich, over a year before her brother. She was buried at the
Theatine Church, Munich, traditional burial place of Bavarian royalty. ==Ancestors==