Princess Mathilde Sophie | |||||
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Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis | |||||
Reign | 24 January 1839 – 10 November 1871 | ||||
Predecessor | Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg | ||||
Successor | Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria | ||||
Born |
Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria |
9 February 1816||||
Died | 20 January 1886 Obermais, Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria–Hungary |
(aged 69)||||
Burial | Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg | ||||
Spouse | Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Issue | Prince Otto Prince Georg Prince Paul Princess Amalie Prince Hugo Prince Gustav Prince Wilhelm Prince Adolf Prince Franz Prince Nikolaus Prince Alfred Princess Marie Georgine |
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House | Oettingen-Spielberg | ||||
Father | Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg | ||||
Mother | Princess Amalie Auguste of Wrede | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Full name | |
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German: Mathilde Sophie |
Styles of Mathilde Sophie, Princess of Thurn and Taxis |
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Reference style | Her Serene Highness |
Spoken style | Your Serene Highness |
Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (in German: Mathilde Sophie, Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg; 9 February 1816, Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria– 20 January 1886, Obermais, Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria–Hungary) 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.
Mathilde Sophie was the eldest daughter and second-eldest child of Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Wrede.
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. Mathilde Sophie and Maximilian Karl had twelve children: