Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (; 30 August 1813 – 25 May 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Life

Mathilde Caroline was the daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Mathilde descended multiple times over from the House of Hesse-Darmstadt.

On 26 December 1833 in Munich, Mathilde married Louis of Hesse, eldest son and heir of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden.

The couple moved to Dusseldorf in early 1834. They had no children.

Honours

• : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Barbara Beck: Mathilde, Großherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein, geb. Prinzessin von Bayern (1813–1862) (Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, Neue Folge, Band 7). Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-7929-0204-4

|-