Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
Grand Duchess of Hesse

Born	(1813-08-30)30 August 1813
Died	25 May 1862(1862-05-25) (aged 48)
Spouse	Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
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, August 30, 1813 – Darmstadt, May 25, 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 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

Spain : 567th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa - .

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

16. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

8. Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

17. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

4. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

18. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Pfalzgraf von Sulzbach

9. Maria Francisca of Sulzbach

19. Elizabeth Augusta Sophie, Pfalzgräfin von Neuburg

2. Ludwig I of Bavaria

20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

10. Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (=30)

21. Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg

5. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

22. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen Dachsburg

11. Louise of Leiningen-Heidesheim (=31)

23. Katharine Polyxene, Countess of Solms Rodelheim

1. Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

24. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

12. Ernst Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

25. Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau

6. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

26. Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

13. Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

27. Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

3. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

28. Charles I Ludwig Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

14. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

29. Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

7. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

30. Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (=10)

15. Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt

31. Louise of Leiningen-Heidesheim (=11)

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

Bavarian princesses by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Maximilian I Joseph as King of Bavaria in 1806.

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 Maximiliane of Bavaria

2nd generation	Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Theodelinde Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena Hildegard, Duchess of Teschen Princess Alexandra

3rd generation	Princess Theresa Isabella, Duchess of Genoa Princess Elvira Princess Clara

4th generation	Adelgunde, Princess of Hohenzollern Maria Ludwiga Theresia, Duchess of Calabria Mathilde, Princess Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Hildegarde Princess Notburga Wiltrud, Duchess of Urach Princess Helmtrud Princess Dietlinde Gundelinde, Countess von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos Princess Pilar Princess Elisabeth Elisabeth Marie, Baroness of Hagenbach Archduchess Auguste of Austria Elisabeth Maria, Countess of Kageneck

5th generation	Princess Irmingard Maria Princess Irmingard Princess Editha, Mrs. Schmert Princess Hildegard, Mrs. de Loayza Princess Gabrielle, Duchess of Croÿ Princess Sophie, Duchess of Arenberg Princess Maria Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza Princess Aldegunde Maria Archduchess Dorothea Therese of Austria Princess Amalie Isabella

6th generation	Princess Maria-Theresia Princess Elisabeth Princess Benedikta Princess Gisela of Saxe-Gessaphe Princess Odilia Princess Irmingard Maria Princess Philippa Princess Ysabel

7th generation	Princess Auguste Princess Alice Princess Maria del Pilar Princess Maria Felipa Princess Bernadette

8th generation	Princess Alva

Princesses of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage

1st generation	Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

2nd generation	Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

3rd generation	Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

4th generation	none

5th generation	Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark Margaret Campbell-Geddes¹

¹did not have a royal or noble title by birth

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 42640100 LCCN: n94110944 GND: 11907771X ULAN: 500107904

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