Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (german: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (

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, August 30, 1813 –

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, May 25, 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of

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and

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Marriage

On 26 December 1833 in

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, Mathilde married Louis of Hesse (1806–1877), eldest son and heir of

Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 5 March 1848, resigning during the German Revolution of 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of He ...

and Wilhelmine of Baden. Ludwig succeeded his father as Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1848. The marriage was childless.

Honours

* : 567th Dame of the

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Ancestry

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 , - 1813 births 1862 deaths House of Wittelsbach House of Hesse-Darmstadt Bavarian princesses People from Augsburg Hereditary Grand Duchesses of Hesse 19th-century German people 19th-century German women Daughters of kings {{Germany-duchess-stub