Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria

Princess Mathilde Ludovika
Countess of Trani
Mathilde Ludovika photographed circa 1870
Spouse	Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Issue
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House	House of Wittelsbach House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria
Mother	Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
Born	30 September 1843(1843-09-30) Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	18 June 1925(1925-06-18) (aged 81) Munich, Germany
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 King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wife Margravine Karoline of Baden.

Early life

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.

Marriage & Family

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:

• Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (15 January 1867 - 1 May 1909). She married Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Two Sicilies Revolution

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.

Lodovico was still the heir of Francis as head of a deposed Royal House. He retained this position for the rest of his life but predeceased Francis on 8 June 1886. Francis was eventually succeeded by their younger brother Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. Mathilde survived her husband by thirty-nine years but never remarried.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 30 September 1843 – 5 June 1861: Her Royal Highness Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
• 5 June 1861 – 8 June 1886: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Trani, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess in Bavaria
• 8 June 1886 – 18 June 1925: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Trani, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess in Bavaria

Ancestry

Sources

• "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

External links

Media related to Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria at Wikimedia Commons

• Her profile in Peerage.com

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Name	Mathilde Ludovika In Bavaria, Duchess
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Date of birth	30 September 1843
Place of birth	Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Date of death	18 June 1925
Place of death	Munich, Bavaria, Germany