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Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (
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: ''Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern''; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of
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and
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen (8 July 1792 – 26 October 1854) was queen of Bavaria as the wife of King Ludwig I. Biography Therese was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mec ...
.


Life


Marriage

On 1 May 1844 in
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, Hildegard married Archduke Albert of Austria, eldest son of
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (german: link=no, Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third s ...
and
Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Palace Eremitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Her husband wa ...
. She thereafter became known as Archduchess Hildegard. She and her husband had 3 children:


Issue

During her stay in
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for the funeral of her brother King Maximilian II (1811-1864) in March 1864, Archduchess Hildegard became ill with a
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and
pleurisy Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (pleurae). This can result in a sharp chest pain while breathing. Occasionally the pain may be a constant dull ache. Other sy ...
, and died.


Ancestry

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hildegard of Bavaria, Princess 1825 births 1864 deaths House of Wittelsbach Bavarian princesses Duchesses of Teschen Austrian princesses Nobility from Munich Burials at the Imperial Crypt Daughters of kings