Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

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.

Mathilde Caroline
Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine
Tenure5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862
Born(1813-08-30)30 August 1813
Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died25 May 1862(1862-05-25) (aged 48)
Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse
SpouseLouis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
HouseWittelsbach
FatherLudwig I of Bavaria
MotherTherese 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

Ancestry

Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
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
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