Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
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Mathilde Caroline | |
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Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine | |
Tenure | 5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862 |
Born | Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Confederation of the Rhine | 30 August 1813
Died | 25 May 1862 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation | (aged 48)
Spouse | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Ludwig I of Bavaria |
Mother | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (Augsburg, 30 August 1813 – Darmstadt, 25 May 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Marriage
On 26 December 1833 in Munich, Mathilde married Louis of Hesse (1806–1877), eldest son and heir of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden. Ludwig succeeded his father as Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1848. The marriage was childless.
Honours
Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
Ancestry
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Bibliography
- Barbara Beck: Mathilde, Großherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein, geb. Prinzessin von Bayern (1813–1862) (Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, Neue Folge, Band 7). Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-7929-0204-4