Sophie Charlotte, Duchess in Bavaria
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| Birthname | Sophie Charlotte Auguste | ||||
| born on | 22 February 1847 at 05:00 (= 05:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Possenhofen, Germany, 47n57, 11e18 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m11e18 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   02°58'   03°06 Asc. 17°59'
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Biography
Duchess in Bavaria, as a daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888) and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. The ninth of ten children born to her parents, she was known as Sopherl within the family.
She was a granddaughter-in-law of King Louis-Philippe of France, the favourite sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and fiancée of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
On 28 September 1868 she married Ferdinand d'Orléans (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910), the Duke of Alençon, son of Louis d'Orléans, at Possenhofen Castle near Starnberg.
The year after their marriage, the ducal couple moved to Teddington, London England, where Sophie Charlotte gave birth to her first child, Louise d'Orléans, at Bushy House. Her other child, Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d'Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931) married Princess Henriette of Belgium.
Sophie died in a fire at the Bazar de la Charité in Paris on 4 May 1897, aged 50. She had refused rescue attempts, insisting that the girls working with her at the bazaar be saved first.
Relationships
- child->parent relationship with Ludovika, Princess of Bavaria (born 30 August 1808)
- child->parent relationship with Max Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (born 4 December 1808)
- spouse relationship with Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Alençon (born 12 July 1844). Notes: 1868-1897
- sibling relationship with Carl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (born 9 August 1839)
- sibling relationship with Elisabeth "Sissi", Empress of Austria (born 24 December 1837)
- sibling relationship with Helene, Duchess in Bavaria (born 4 April 1834)
- sibling relationship with Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria (1831) (born 21 June 1831)
- sibling relationship with Maria Sophie of Bavaria (born 4 October 1841)
- sibling relationship with Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (born 30 September 1843)
- sibling relationship with Max Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria (born 7 December 1849)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 28 September 1868 (Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Alençon)
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield forwarded news report from "Bote für Tirol," 25 February 1847, p. 2: "München, den 22. Febr. Heute Morgen nach 5 Uhr ist Ihre konigl.Hoheit die Frau Herzogin Mar in Baiern von einer Prinzessin glücklich entbunden worden." (Munich, February 22. This morning, after five o'clock, Her Royal Highness happily gave birth to a Princess). Wikipedia incorrectly has 23 February.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Wittelsbach)