Princess Hildegard of Bavaria

Hildegard of Bavaria
Archduchess Hildegard of Austria
Portrait painted in the year of her marriage to Archduke Albert, by Joseph Karl Stieler
Duchess of Teschen
Tenure30 April 1847 – 2 April 1864
Born(1825-06-10)10 June 1825
Würzburg
Died2 April 1864(1864-04-02) (aged 38)
Munich
Burial
Spouse
Issue
Names
Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike
HouseWittelsbach
FatherLudwig I of Bavaria
MotherTherese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (German: Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.[1]

Life

Marriage

On 1 May 1844 in Munich, Hildegard married Archduke Albert of Austria, eldest son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. She thereafter became known as Archduchess Hildegard. She and her husband had 3 children:[2][3]

Portrait of Hildegard by August Prinzhofer, 1852

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 15 July 1845 8 October 1927 married Philipp, Duke of Württemberg (1838–1917)
Archduke Karl of Austria 3 January 1847 19 July 1848 died of smallpox at an early age.
Archduchess Mathilda of Austria 25 January 1849 6 June 1867 died in an accident at the age of 18.

During her stay in Munich for the funeral of her brother King Maximilian II (1811-1864) in March 1864, Archduchess Hildegard became ill with a lung inflammation and pleurisy, and died in Vienna.[4]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Carl “von” Duncker (1897). Feldmarschall Erzherzog Albrecht. University of Michigan. F. Tempsky. p. 69.
  2. ^ "† Ihre kaiserliche Hoheit die durchlauchtigste Frau Erzherzogin HILDEGARDE, Das Vaterland". ANNO. April 3, 1863. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Genealogie des Allerhöchsten Herrscherhauses". HOF-UND STAATS-HANDBUCH DER ÖSTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHEN MONARCHIE FÜR DAS JAHR jahr 1918. Vienna. 1918. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Kleine Chronik – (Erzherzogin Hildegarde †.), Die Presse". ANNO. April 2, 1864. p. 9.