Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
| Princess Mathilde Ludovika | |
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| Countess of Trani | |
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| Born |
30 September 1843 Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | 18 June 1925 (aged 81) Munich, Germany |
| Spouse | Prince Louis, Count of Trani |
| Issue | Maria Teresa, Princess of Hohenzollern |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria |
| Mother | Princess Ludovika of Bavaria |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (30 September 1843 – 18 June 1925) was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wife Margravine Karoline of Baden.
Born and raised at Possenhofen Castle, Mathilde was a younger sister of (among others) Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria and Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria. She was an older sister of (among others) Duchess Sophie in Bavaria.
On 5 June 1861, Mathilde married Lodovico, Count of Trani. He was Heir Presumptive to his older half-brother Francis II of the Two Sicilies. Francis was married to her older sister Marie Sophie. The bride was seventeen years old and the groom was twenty-two. They had a single daughter:
Allegedly, during the early years of her marriage, Mathilde had an affair with the Spanish diplomat Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, Duke of Ripalda and Santa Lucía, with whom she had a daughter at the Villa Farnesina in Rome:
However, the Two Sicilies were conquered by the Expedition of the Thousand under Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1861. Garibaldi served the Kingdom of Sardinia which was in the process of Italian unification.
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