Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
Appearance
Mathilde Caroline | |
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Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine | |
Tenure | 5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862 |
Born | Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria | 30 August 1813
Died | 25 May 1862 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse | (aged 48)
Spouse | Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Ludwig I of Bavaria |
Mother | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (Augsburg, August 30, 1813 – Darmstadt, May 25, 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 The Hereditary Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (1806–1877), eldest son 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 : 567th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa -
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