Princess Sophie of Saxony

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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[1]) (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony[2] – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria[3]) 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.[4] Through her marriage to Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.

Marriage and issue

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.[5] Sophie and Karl-Theodor had one child:[6]

  • Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (24 December 1865 – 26 May 1912)[7]

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

References

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  3. 3."Bavaria* - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
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