Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (Augsburg, 30 August 1813 – Darmstadt, 25 May 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Marriage

On 26 December 1833 in Munich, Mathilde married Louis of Hesse (1806–1877), eldest son and heir of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden. Ludwig succeeded his father as Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1848. The marriage was childless.

Honours

•  Spain: 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

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2. Princess Mathilde
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4. Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
5. Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess of Modena
6. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
7. Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
8. Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
9. Princess Sophie of Bavaria
10. Princess Maximiliana of Bavaria
11. Matilda
12. Queen Mathilde of Belgium
13. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
14. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
15. Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
16. Princess Augusta of Bavaria
17. Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Princess of Hohenzollern
18. House of Wittelsbach
19. Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
20. Princess Alexandra of Bavaria