Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria

Adelgunede of Bavaria
Duchess of Modena and Reggio
File:Adelgunde Auguste Charlotte of Bavaria.jpeg Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Born	(1823-03-19)19 March 1823 Würzburg
Died	Munich
Spouse	Francis V, Duke of Modena
Issue	Princess Anna Beatrice Theresia Maria
Full name Adelgunde Auguste Charlotte Caroline Elisabeth Amalie Marie Sophie Luise
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Ludwig I of Bavaria
Mother	Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (German: Adelgunde Auguste Charlotte Caroline Elisabeth Amalie Marie Sophie Luise von Bayern; 19 March 1823 – 28 October 1914) was a daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She was Duchess consort of Modena by her marriage to Francis V, Duke of Modena.

Family

Adelgunde was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She was born in Würzburg on 19 March 1823. Included among her siblings were Maximilian II of Bavaria, Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, King Otto of Greece and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.

Marriage

On 20 March 1842 in Munich, Adelgunde married Archduke Francis of Austria-Este (1819–75), eldest son of Francis IV, Duke of Modena and Maria Beatrice of Savoy. The couple had only one child, Princess Anna Beatrice Theresia Maria (October 19, 1848 in Gries, Bolzano – July 8, 1849 in Modena). Francis acceded to the dukedom on his father's death in 1846 as Francis V. After the Italian Unification, Francis was deposed, and he and his wife were exiled to Vienna, where he died fifteen years later.

Death

Adelgunde survived her husband for many years and died in Munich at the age of 91. She never remarried and is interred in Vienna.

A pearl brooch formerly owned by her was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2012.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria

16. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken               4. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                             18. Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach               9. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach                       19. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg               2. Ludwig I of Bavaria                                   20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               10. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt                       21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg               5. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt                             22. Count Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim               11. Countess Louise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim                       23. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim               1. Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria                                         24. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen               12. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen                       25. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau               6. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg                             26. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach               13. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar                       27. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth               3. Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen                                   28. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow               14. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                       29. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen               7. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                             30. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 10)               15. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt                       31. Countess Louise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim (= 11)

References

Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 19 March 1823 Died: 28 January 1914
Italian royalty
Vacant Title last held by Maria Beatrice of Savoy	Duchess consort of Modena 20 March 1842–11 June 1859	Duchy abolished in 1859
Titles in pretence
Duchy abolished in 1859	— TITULAR — Duchess consort of Modena 11 June 1859–20 November 1875 Reason for succession failure: Italian unification	Vacant Title next held by Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Vacant Title last held by Francis IV, Duke of Modena as Prince consort	— TITULAR — Queen consort of England Queen consort of Ireland 20 March 1842 –20 November 1875 Reason for succession failure: Glorius revolution	Succeeded by Ludwig III of Bavaria as Prince consort
	— TITULAR — Queen consort of Scots 20 March 1842 –20 November 1875 Reason for succession failure: Glorius revolution