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Princess Mathilde Ludovika
Countess of Trani
Born(1843-09-30)30 September 1843
Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died18 June 1925(1925-06-18) (aged 81)
Munich, Germany
SpousePrince Louis, Count of Trani
IssueMaria Teresa, Princess of Hohenzollern
HouseWittelsbach
FatherMaximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria
MotherPrincess Ludovika of Bavaria
ReligionRoman Catholic

Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (30 September 1843 – 18 June 1925) was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wife Margravine Karoline of Baden.

Early life

Born and raised at Possenhofen Castle, Mathilde was a younger sister of (among others) Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria and Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria. She was an older sister of (among others) Duchess Sophie in Bavaria.

Marriage & Family

On 5 June 1861, Mathilde married Lodovico, Count of Trani. He was Heir Presumptive to his older half-brother Francis II of the Two Sicilies. Francis was married to her older sister Marie Sophie. The bride was seventeen years old and the groom was twenty-two. They had a single daughter:

Allegedly, during the early years of her marriage, Mathilde had an affair with the Spanish diplomat Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, Duke of Ripalda and Santa Lucía, with whom she had a daughter at the Villa Farnesina in Rome:[1]

  • Maria Salvadora Bermúdez de Castro (20 January 1864 – 18 September 1945), later Duchess of Santa Lucía. Sent to Brighton immediately after he birth, she was raised by her paternal family and legally adopted by her father only in 1879; she probably never saw her mother. She married Alvaro Pérez de Barradas y Fernández de Cordoba, 12. marqués de Peñaflor.

Two Sicilies Revolution

However, the Two Sicilies were conquered by the Expedition of the Thousand under Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1861. Garibaldi served the Kingdom of Sardinia which was in the process of Italian unification.

Lodovico was still the heir of Francis as head of a deposed Royal House. He retained this position for the rest of his life but predeceased Francis on 8 June 1886. Francis was eventually succeeded by their younger brother Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. Mathilde survived her husband by thirty-nine years but never remarried.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 30 September 1843 – 5 June 1861: Her Royal Highness Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
  • 5 June 1861 – 8 June 1886: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Trani, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess in Bavaria
  • 8 June 1886 – 18 June 1925: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Trani, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess in Bavaria

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
16. John, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
8. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria
17. Wildgravine and Rhinegravine Sophie Charlotte of Dhaun
4. Duke Pius August in Bavaria
18. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken (= 12)
9. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
19. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (= 13)
2. Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria
20. Charles, Duke of Arenberg
10. Louis-Marie, Duke of Arenberg
21. Louise Margarete de la Marck-Schleiden, Countess of Vardes
5. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg
22. Louis Joseph de Mailly, Marquis of Nesle
11. Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly
23. Adélaïde Julie d'Hautefort
1. Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
24. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
12. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken
25. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
6. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
26. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
27. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
3. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
28. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
14. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
29. Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
7. Caroline of Baden
30. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
15. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
31. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

References

  1. ^ La Villa Farnesina in: www.lne.es (in Spanish) [retrieved 04 February 2016]

Sources

  • "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

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