Princess Sophie of Saxony

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Princess Sophie of Saxony
Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria
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Princess Sophie, photographed
Born(1845-03-15)15 March 1845
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died9 March 1867(1867-03-09) (aged 21)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial
Tegernsee Abbey
Spouse
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(m. 1865)​
Issue Amalie, Duchess of Urach
Names
German: Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth
House Wettin
Father John of Saxony
Mother Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Princess Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen[ citation needed ]) (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony [ citation needed ] – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria [ citation needed ]) was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and the younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony.[ citation needed ] Through her marriage to Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.

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Marriage and issue

Duchess Sophie in Bavaria with her daughter Amalie, 1866-67. Princess Sophie of Saxony 01.jpg
Duchess Sophie in Bavaria with her daughter Amalie, 1866-67.

Sophie married her first cousin Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, fifth child and third-eldest son of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, on 11 February 1865 in Dresden.[ citation needed ] Sophie and Karl-Theodor had one child:[ citation needed ]

Illness and death

Childbirth caused severe respiratory problems for Sophie, which progressively weakened her, although she managed to recover. However, a year later she contracted a severe case of influenza that she could not overcome. Sophie died shortly before her 22nd birthday on 9 March 1867 and was interred at Tegernsee Abbey.

Ancestry

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Citations

    Bibliography

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    • Bestenreiner, Erika. The Empress Sissi. Milan, Mondadori, 2003.
    • Graf, Bernhard (2017). Sisis Geschwister[Sisi's siblings] (in German). Munich: Allitera. ISBN   978-3-86906-977-7.
    • von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee[The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN   3-7913-0394-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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