Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
Grand Duchess of Hesse
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Born	(1813-08-30)30 August 1813
Died
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 - .

Ancestry

Family of Princess Mathilde Caroline 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 Mathilde Caroline 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)

Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 30 August 1813 Died: 25 May 1862
German royalty
Vacant Title last held by Wilhelmine of Baden	Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine 16 June 1848 – 25 May 1862	Vacant Title next held by Alice of the United Kingdom