Princess Hildegard of Bavaria

Hildegard of Bavaria
Duchess of Teschen
Tenure	30 April 1847 – 2 April 1864
Born	(1825-06-10)10 June 1825 Würzburg
Died	2 April 1864(1864-04-02) (aged 38) Munich
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen
Issue	Maria Theresa, Duchess of Württemberg Archduke Karl Archduchess Mathilda
Names Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Ludwig I of Bavaria
Mother	Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (German: Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Life

Marriage

On 1 May 1844 in Munich, Hildegard married Archduke Albert of Austria, eldest son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. She thereafter became known as Archduchess Hildegard. She and her husband had 3 children:

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria	15 July 1845	8 October 1927	married Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838–1917)
Archduke Karl of Austria	3 January 1847	19 July 1848	died of smallpox at an early age.
Archduchess Mathilda of Austria	25 January 1849	6 June 1867	died in an accident at the age of 18.

During her stay in Munich for the funeral of her brother King Maximilian II (1811-1864) in March 1864, Archduchess Hildegard became ill with a lung inflammation and pleurisy, and died.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Hildegard of Bavaria

16. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 8. Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 17. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken 4. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 18. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Pfalzgraf von Sulzbach 9. Maria Francisca of Sulzbach 19. Elizabeth Augusta Sophie, Pfalzgräfin von Neuburg 2. Ludwig I of Bavaria 20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 10. Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (=30) 21. Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg 5. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt 22. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen Dachsburg 11. Louise of Leiningen-Heidesheim (=31) 23. Katharine Polyxene, Countess of Solms Rodelheim 1. Princess Hildegard of Bavaria 24. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12. Ernst Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 25. Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau 6. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 26. Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 13. Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar 27. Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 3. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen 28. Charles I Ludwig Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 14. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 29. Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 7. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 30. Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (=10) 15. Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt 31. Louise of Leiningen-Heidesheim (=11)