Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

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Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine

Mathilde Caroline
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1830
Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine
Tenure	5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862

Born	(1813-08-30)30 August 1813 Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Confederation of the Rhine
Died	25 May 1862(1862-05-25) (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 WittelsbachBorn: 30 August 1813 Died: 25 May 1862
VacantTitle last held byWilhelmine of Baden	Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine 16 June 1848 – 25 May 1862	VacantTitle next held byAlice of the United Kingdom

v t e Bavarian princesses by birth
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Maximilian I Joseph as King of Bavaria in 1806. Only entries with articles are included. Later generations do not legally hold a title due to the German Revolution of 1918.
1st generation	Augusta, Duchess of Leuchtenberg Caroline, Crown Princess of Württemberg, Empress of Austria Elisabeth Ludovika, Queen of Prussia Amalia Auguste, Queen of Saxony Archduchess Sophie of Austria Maria Anna, Queen of Saxony Louise, Duchess in Bavaria Princess Maximiliana
2nd generation	Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena Hildegard, Duchess of Teschen Princess Alexandra
3rd generation	Princess Theresa Isabella, Duchess of Genoa
4th generation	Adelgunde, Princess of Hohenzollern Maria Ludwiga Theresia, Duchess of Calabria Mathilde, Princess Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Pilar Elisabeth Marie, Baroness of Hagenbach Archduchess Auguste of Austria
5th generation	Princess Irmingard Princess Maria Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza

v t e Princesses of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage
1st generation	Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
2nd generation	Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
3rd generation	Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
5th generation	Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark Margaret Campbell Geddes
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