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Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Spielberg

Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (in German: Mathilde Sophie, Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg; 9 February 1816 – 20 January 1886) was a member of the Princely House of Oettingen-Spielberg and a Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg by birth.

Through her marriage to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Mathilde Sophie was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.

Family

Mathilde Sophie was the eldest daughter and second-eldest child of Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1788-1855) and his wife, Princess Amalie Auguste von Wrede (1796-1871), eldest daughter of the Bavarian Generalfeldmarschall, Prince Karl Philipp von Wrede.

Marriage and issue

Mathilde Sophie married Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, fourth child of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife, Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 24 January 1839 in Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria.

She was his second wife, as his first spouse, Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg, had died five years earlier, leaving him with four surviving children. Together, Princess Mathilde Sophie and Prince Maximilian Karl had twelve children, ten sons and two daughters:

  • Prince Otto of Thurn and Taxis (28 May 1840 – 6 July 1876), married Maria de Fontelive-Vergne (1842-1878), created Baroness von Pernstein by the King of Bavaria on 1 August 1867 and had issue
  • Prince Georg of Thurn and Taxis (11 July 1841 – 22 December 1874), married morganatically Anna Frühwirth (1841-1884), no issue
  • Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis (27 May 1843 – 10 March 1879), married morganatically Elize Kreutzer and had issue
  • Princess Amalie of Thurn and Taxis (12 May 1844 – 12 February 1867), married Count Otto von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg (1833-1918)
  • Prince Hugo of Thurn and Taxis (24 November 1845 – 15 May 1873)
  • Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis (23 February 1848 – 9 July 1914), married Princess Karoline von Thurn und Taxis (1846-1931), no issue
  • Prince Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis (20 February 1849 – 11 December 1849)
  • Prince Adolf of Thurn and Taxis (26 May 1850 – 3 January 1890), married Countess Franziska Grimaud von Orsay (1857-1919) and had issue
  • Prince Franz of Thurn and Taxis (2 March 1852 – 4 May 1897), married Countess Theresia Grimaud von Orsay (1861-1947) and had issue
  • Prince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis (2 August 1853 – 26 May 1874)
  • Prince Alfred of Thurn and Taxis (11 June 1856 – 9 February 1886)
  • Princess Marie Georgine of Thurn and Taxis (25 December 1857 – 13 February 1909), who married, as his second wife, Wilhelm, 4th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil.

Death

Princess Mathilde Sophie died in Obermais, Meran, on 18 January 1886, at the age of 69, outliving her husband by 15 years. Her body was buried in the Gruftkapelle, St.Emmeram, Regensburg, Germany, alongside her husband and his first wife.

Ancestry

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