Princess Sophie of Saxony

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) (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria) was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.

Princess Sophie of Saxony
Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
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
SpouseDuke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
IssueAmalie, Duchess of Urach
Names
German: Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth
HouseWettin
FatherJohn of Saxony
MotherAmalie Auguste of 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. Sophie and Karl-Theodor had one child:

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
    • Erika Bestenreiner. The Empress Sissi. Milan, Mondadori, 2003.
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