Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria | |
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Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine | |
Tenure | 5 March 1848 - 25 May 1862. |
Born | 30 August 1813 |
Died | 25 May 1862 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse |
(aged 48)
Spouse | Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Ludwig I of Bavaria |
Mother | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern) (Augsburg, August 30, 1813 – Darmstadt, May 25, 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
On 26 December 1833 in Munich, Mathilde married The Hereditary Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (1806–1877), eldest son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden. Ludwig succeeded his father as Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1848. The marriage was childless.