Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Mathilde Caroline
Mathilde Caroline
	Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1830
Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine
Tenure	5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862
Born	30 August 1813; Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Confederation of the Rhine
Died	25 May 1862 (aged 48); Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation
Spouse	Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (m. 1833)
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, 30 August 1813 – Darmstadt, 25 May 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 Louis of Hesse (1806–1877), eldest son and heir 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.

Ancestors of Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

1. Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Barbara Beck: Mathilde, Großherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein, geb. Prinzessin von Bayern (1813–1862) (Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, Neue Folge, Band 7). Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-7929-0204-4

German royalty
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 30 August 1813 Died: 25 May 1862
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

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