Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Spielberg explained

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Princess Mathilde Sophie
Full Name:German: link=no|Mathilde Sophie
Reign:24 January 1839 – 10 November 1871
Succession:Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
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
House:Oettingen-Spielberg
Father:Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
Mother:Princess Amalie Auguste of Wrede
Birth Date:9 February 1816
Birth Place:Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Death Place:Obermais, Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria-Hungary
Burial Place:Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg

Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (in German: Mathilde Sophie, Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg; 9 February 1816 – 20 January 1886) 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 (1788-1855) and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste von Wrede (1796-1871).

Marriage and issue

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. Mathilde Sophie and Maximilian Karl had twelve children:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thurn 5 .