Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria
Princess Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte of Bavaria (born August 30, 1813 in Augsburg , † May 25, 1862 in Darmstadt ) was by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and the Rhine.
Life
Mathilde was born as the daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and his wife, Princess Therese Charlotte Luise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen .
On December 26, 1833, she married the Grand Duke Ludwig III. von Hessen-Darmstadt , son of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hessen and with the Rhine and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden , in Munich. The marriage remained childless.
The Mathildenhöhe , the Mathildenplatz in Darmstadt and the Mathilde Terrace on the Kästrich in Mainz were named after her. The name of Offenbach-Mathildenviertel also goes back to them. Mathilde died in Darmstadt in 1862 at the age of 48. Her tomb is in the Ludwig Church .
Princess Mathilde Karoline, lithograph 1831
Grand Duchess Mathilde Karoline
Pedigree
literature
- Barbara Beck: Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Hesse and the Rhine, b. Princess of Bavaria (1813–1862) (Work of the Hessian Historical Commission, New Series, Volume 7). Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-7929-0204-4
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bavaria, Mathilde Karoline von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bavaria, Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Bavaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1862 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |