Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906)

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Mathilde of Bavaria
Princess Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Born (1877-08-17)17 August 1877
Villa Amsee, Lindau, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
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Davos, Switzerland
Burial Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Rieden [1]
Spouse Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Issue Prince Antonius Maria Ludwig
Princess Maria Immaculata Leopoldine
Full name
Mathilde Marie Theresia Henriette Christine Luitpolda
House Wittelsbach
Father Ludwig III of Bavaria
Mother Maria Theresa of Austria-Este

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (Mathilde Marie Theresia Henriette Christine Luitpolda; 17 August 1877 – 6 August 1906) was the sixth child of Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este.[2] After her early death, Life-Dreams: The Poems of a Blighted Life, a collection of poems she wrote, was published in 1910.

Family and early life

Princess Mathilde was born on 17 August 1877 as the sixth child and third daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria at the family's summer residence of Villa Amsee in Lindau.[2] Though she was the favorite daughter of her father, she and her mother were not close. Some speculate that she only married as an escape from her home.

Later years

Marriage and issue

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Mathilde and Ludwig with their son

Various candidates were rumored to be engaged to Princess Mathilde at different times. These included, in 1896, the Prince of Naples,[3] but he married Princess Elena of Montenegro later that year. Others included Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne,[4] and Jaime, Duke of Madrid.

On 1 May 1900 in Munich, Mathilde married Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a son of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Leopoldina of Brazil.[2] He was a captain in the Austrian army, and had been raised in Brazil as a grandson of Emperor Pedro II.[4] The prince was also from the Catholic branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They had two children: Prince Antonius of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (17 June 1901 – 1 September 1970); and Princess Maria Immaculata of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (10 September 1904 – 18 March 1940).

Death

Mathilde died of tuberculosis at the age of 28, on 6 August 1906, in Davos, Switzerland.[2] Her remains are buried in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in the little village of Rieden near her family home at Schloss Leutstetten.[5] Her husband remarried a year later to Countess Anna of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg.

In 1910 Mathilde's family anonymously published some of her poems as Traum und Leben: Gedichte einer früh Vollendeten. In 1913 John Heard translated and published them in English as Life-Dreams: The Poems of a Blighted Life.[6][7]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 17 August 1877 – 1 May 1900: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
  • 1 May 1900 – 6 August 1906: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony

Ancestry

Family of Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Ludwig I of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Ludwig III of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Auguste Ferdinande of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince Maximilian of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Maria Anna of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Caroline of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Francis IV, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Maria Beatrice of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Maria Teresa of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Maria Theresia of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Maria Louisa of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Duke Louis of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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