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, father =

Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (9 August 1839 – 30 November 1909), was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a professional oculist. He was the favorite brother of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and father of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgi ...

, mother =

Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal , house = Braganza , father = Miguel of Portugal , mother = Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg , birth_date =19 March 1857 , birth_place =Schloss Bronnbach , death_date = , death_place =Vienna, Austria , bu ...

, birth_date = , birth_place = Possenhofen,

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, Germany , burial_place = Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (german: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern; 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen,

– 4 September 1957 in

, Germany).''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Toerring-Jettenbach". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 4, 375-378. (German) .

Biography

Family

Her parents were

, head of a

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of the Bavarian royal family, and an

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of recognized reputation, and his second wife, the Infanta Maria José of Braganza, third daughter of King Miguel I, exiled monarch of Portugal. Her paternal aunt was Empress Elisabeth of Austria (''Sissi''). She was also the sister of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, consort of Albert I and of

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, wife of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, later the head of the

House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate ...

. She was named after her father's first wife,

Princess Sophie of Saxony , title = Duchess Sophie in Bavaria , image = Sophie Marie von Sachsen 1845 1867.jpg , caption = , spouse = Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria , issue = Amalie, Duchess of Urach , house = Wettin , father =John of ...

, the mother of her half-sister Amalie.

Marriage and issue

On 26 July 1898 in Bavaria's capital,

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, Sophie Adelheid married Count Hans Veit of Toerring-Jettenbach (

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

, 7 April 1862 – Munich, 29 October 1929), son of Count Clemens Maria Anton zu Toerring-Jettenbach (1826-1891) and his wife, Countess Franziska von Paumgarten (1834-1894). He was head of the

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House of Toerring-Jettenbach. They had three children, nine grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and eighteen great-great-grandchildren: *Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach (22 September 1900 – 14 May 1967) he married

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on 10 January 1934. They have two children, six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Ancestry

References

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