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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 ...

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Marie Gabrielle (german: Marie Gabrielle Mathilde Isabelle Therese Antoinette Sabine Herzogin in Bayern; 9 October 1878 in

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– 24 October 1912 in

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) Duchess in Bavaria, was the youngest daughter of

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and his second wife, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal. She married Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria in 1900 but died before he became Crown Prince. Through her second son Albrecht, Marie Gabrielle was the grandmother of the present Duke of Bavaria, Franz.

Biography

Family

Her parents were ophthalmologist

, a member of the House of Wittelsbach and kinsman of the

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, and his second wife, Princess Maria José of Bragança, a daughter of King Miguel I, exiled monarch of Portugal. Her paternal aunt was Empress Elisabeth of Austria (''Sissi'') and one of her sisters was Elisabeth in Bavaria, consort of Albert I of Belgium. Brought up mainly in

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, she and her siblings had a happy childhood. She had an inclination for drawing, and in this was supported by her father.

Marriage

On 10 July 1900 in

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at the

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, Marie Gabriele married her second cousin once-removed, Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. He was the eldest son of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (later

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and

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) and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. The wedding was attended by

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, representing his father

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. After their marriage, the couple settled down in Bamberg, Bavaria, where Rupprecht was head of an army corps. Their two eldest children were born there. The couple traveled a great deal. For example, they journeyed to Japan and returned by way of the United States in 1903. The trip to Japan was scientific in nature, and the couple were accompanied by a renowned professor from the

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. Marie Gabriele wrote home quite enthusiastically about their journey. Like her parents, she was a great lover of science and nature, as well as poetry and music. While in Japan, Marie Gabriele became seriously ill. Upon their return to Bavaria, she underwent surgery for

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. She made a full recovery. Her husband Rupprecht became the

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when his father became King of Bavaria in 1913, however, Marie Gabriele had died from

renal failure Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as eit ...

the previous year and never became Crown Princess of Bavaria. Her husband later remarried, to her first cousin Princess Antoinette of Luxembourg, on April 7, 1921. Marie Gabriele was interred at '' Theatinerkirche'' in Munich near her deceased children. Her only child to survive to adulthood was her second son Albrecht, who succeeded his father as the head of the House of Wittelsbach in 1955. His daughter was named after her.

Issue

Princess Rupprecht of Bavaria and children

Ancestry

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marie Gabrielle In Bavaria, Duchess 1878 births 1912 deaths House of Wittelsbach Bavarian princesses Deaths from kidney failure Duchesses in Bavaria Burials at the Theatine Church, Munich