by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2017
source: Wikipedia
Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, through her marriage to Grand Duke Ludwig III. She was born in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, now in the German state of Bavaria, on August 30, 1813, the eldest daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Mathilde Karoline had eight siblings:
- King Maximilian II (1811-1864) – married Princess Marie of Prussia, had issue
- Prince Otto, later King Otto I of Greece (1815-1867) – married Duchess Amalie of Oldenburg, no issue
- Princess Theodelinde (1816-1817) – died in infancy
- Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) – married Archduchess Auguste of Austria, had issue
- Princess Adelgunde (1823 -1914) – married Francesco V, Duke of Modena, had issue
- Princess Hildegard (1825-1864) – married Archduke Albert of Austria, had issue
- Princess Alexandra (1826-1875) – unmarried
- Prince Adalbert (1828-1875) – married Infanta Amelia Philippina of Spain, had issue
Ludwig III. source: Wikipedia
On December 26, 1833, Mathilde Karoline married the future Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and by Rhine. They had no children. She became Grand Duchess upon her husband’s accession in 1848.
Grand Duchess Mathilde Karoline died of cancer at the age of 48 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in the German state of Hesse, on May 25, 1862. Because she had remained Catholic after her marriage into the Grand Ducal family who was Lutheran, she is buried at St. Ludwig’s Catholic Church (link in German) in Darmstadt. One other member of the Grand Ducal family, her husband’s uncle, Prince Friedrich, was also Catholic and is buried at St. Ludwig’s as well.
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