Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
| Ludovika | |
|---|---|
| Duchess in Bavaria | |
 | |
| Born |
30 August 1808 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died |
25 January 1892 (aged 83) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Spouse | Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria |
| Issue |
Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria Wilhelm Karl, Duke in Bavaria Helene, Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria Marie Sophie, Queen of the Two Sicilies Mathilde Ludovika, Countess of Trani Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria Sophie Charlotte, Duchess of Alençon Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria |
| Mother | Karoline of Baden |
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (Marie Ludovika Wilhelmine; Mary Louise Wilhelmina; 30 August 1808 – 25 January 1892) was the sixth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Karoline of Baden, and the mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She was born and died in Munich.
Biography
Marriage
Ludovika married Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (December 4, 1808 - November 15, 1888), whose father Duke Pius August in Bavaria was her cousin, on September 9, 1828, in Tegernsee. They had ten children.[1]
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria ("Louis") | 21 June 1831 | 6 November 1920 (aged 89) | married Henriette, Freiin von Wallersee (morganatically), had issue. |
| Wilhelm Karl, Duke in Bavaria | 24 December 1832 | 13 February 1833 (aged 0) | died in childhood. |
| Helene Caroline Therese, Duchess in Bavaria ("Néné") | 4 April 1834 | 16 May 1890 (aged 56) | married Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, had issue. |
| Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria (Sisi) | 24 December 1837 | 10 September 1898 (aged 60) | married Franz Josef of Austria and became the empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, had issue. |
| Karl Theodor "Gackl" | 9 August 1839 | 30 November 1909 (aged 70) | married twice. First to his cousin Sophie of Saxony (1845–1867) in 1865 and secondly to Maria Josepha de Bragança of Portugal in 1874, had issue from both marriages. |
| Marie Sophie Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria | 4 October 1841 | 19 January 1925 (aged 83) | married Francis II of the Two Sicilies, had issue (a daughter who died very young). |
| Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria | 30 September 1843 | 18 June 1925 (aged 81) | married Lodovico, Count of Trani, son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, the half-brother from Francis II of the Two Sicilies, had issue. |
| Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria | 8 December 1845 | 8 December 1845 (aged 0) | stillborn. |
| Sophie Charlotte Augustine, Duchess in Bavaria | 23 February 1847 | 4 May 1897 (aged 50) | married Ferdinand Philippe Marie, duc d'Alençon (1844–1910), son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours, had issue. |
| Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria "Mapperl" | 7 December 1849 | 12 June 1893 (aged 43) | married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, had issue. |
Ancestry
Notes
- ↑ See the biography of her son Karl-Theodor: Sexau, Richard. Fürst und Arzt, Dr. med. Herzog Carl Theodor in Bayern: Shicksal zwischen Wittelsbach und Habsburg. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1963.
External links
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