Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria

Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern; 30 August 1813 – 25 May 1862^[1]) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Mathilde Caroline
Photograph by Franz Backofen, c. 1860
Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine
Tenure	5 March 1848 – 25 May 1862
Born	(1813-08-30)30 August 1813 Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Confederation of the Rhine
Died	25 May 1862(1862-05-25) (aged 48) Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation
Spouse	Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse ​ ​ (m. 1833)​
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Ludwig I of Bavaria
Mother	Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Life

Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1830

Mathilde Caroline was the daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.^[2] Mathilde was decesnded multiple times over from the House of Hesse-Darmstadt.^[2]

On 26 December 1833^[1] in Munich, Mathilde married Louis of Hesse, eldest son and heir of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden.^{[citation needed]}

The couple moved to Dusseldorf in early 1834.^[1] They had no children.

Honours

•  Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa^[3]