Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg

Princess Mathilde Sophie
Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
Reign 24 January 1839 – 10 November 1871
Predecessor Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg
Successor Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
Born (1816-02-09)9 February 1816
Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died 20 January 1886(1886-01-20) (aged 69)
Obermais, Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria–Hungary
Burial Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg
Spouse Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Issue Prince Otto
Prince Georg
Prince Paul
Princess Amalie
Prince Hugo
Prince Gustav
Prince Wilhelm
Prince Adolf
Prince Franz
Prince Nikolaus
Prince Alfred
Princess Marie Georgine
Full name
German: Mathilde Sophie
House Oettingen-Spielberg
Father Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
Mother Princess Amalie Auguste of Wrede
Religion Roman Catholic

Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg[1][2] (in German: Mathilde Sophie, Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg;[1][2] 9 February 1816, Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria[1][2]– 20 January 1886, Obermais, Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria–Hungary[1][2]) was a member of the Princely House of Oettingen-Spielberg and a Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg by birth. Through her marriage to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Mathilde Sophie was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.

Family

Mathilde Sophie was the eldest daughter and second-eldest child of Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Wrede.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Mathilde Sophie and Maximilian Karl with their family at the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary on 24 January 1864.

Mathilde Sophie married Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, fourth child of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 24 January 1839 in Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria.[1][2] Mathilde Sophie and Maximilian Karl had twelve children:[1]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Styles of
Mathilde Sophie, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Reference style Her Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Darryl Lundy (29 December 2008). "Mathilde Sophie Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-11-27. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul Theroff. "OETTINGEN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
Cadet branch of the House of Oettingen-Wallerstein
Born: 9 February 1816 Died: 20 January 1886
German nobility
Preceded by
Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg
Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
24 January 1839 – 10 November 1871
Succeeded by
Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
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