Marriage and Family
On 9 March 1808 Berthier married Duchess Maria Elisabeth Franziska in Bavaria (Landshut, 5 May 1784 – Paris, 1 June 1849), only daughter of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, the sister of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. They had one son and two daughters:
- Napoléon-Alexandre, 2nd Duke (11 September 1810 – 10 February 1887) and had issue, extinct in male line in 1918
- Caroline-Joséphine (22 August 1812 – 1905)
- Marie-Anne (19 February 1816 – 23 July 1878)
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