Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
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Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (german: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (
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 ' ...
, August 30, 1813 –
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, May 25, 1862) was the second child and eldest 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 ...
.


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 and
Wilhelmine of Baden Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Baden (21 September 1788 – 27 January 1836), was by birth a Princess of Baden from the House of Zähringen and by marriage Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine. Her descendants include the last emperor of Ru ...
. Ludwig succeeded his father as Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1848. The marriage was childless.


Honours

* : 567th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa - .


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