Name Duchess Adelheid | Children Count Hans Heribert | |
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Spouse Hans Veit, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach Issue Carl Theodor, Count of Toerring-JettenbachCountess Antonia, Mrs. WoernerCount Hans Heribert Parents Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria Cousins Archduchess Marie Valerie of, Rudolf - Crown Prince of, Zita of Bourbon‑Parma, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Archduchess Sophie of Austria Similar People Karl Theodor - Duke in B, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Miguel I of Portugal, Adelaide of Lowenstein‑Wertheim‑Rosenberg | ||
Duchess sophie adelheid in bavaria countess of toerring jettenbach
Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern); 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen, Bavaria – 4 September 1957 in Kreuth, Germany).
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- Duchess sophie adelheid in bavaria countess of toerring jettenbach
- Family
- Marriage and issue
- References
Duchess sophie adelheid in bavaria countess of toerring jettenbach
Family
Her parents were Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, head of a cadet branch of the Bavarian royal family, and an ophthalmologist of recognized reputation, and his second wife, the Infanta Maria José of Braganza, daughter of King Miguel I, exiled monarch of Portugal. Her paternal aunt was Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi). She was also the sister of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, consort of Albert I and of Marie Gabrielle, wife of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupert, head of the House of Wittelsbach. She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Sophie of Saxony, the mother of her half-sister Amalie.
Marriage and issue
On 26 July 1898 in Bavaria's capital, Munich, Sophie Adelheid married Count Hans Veit, head of the mediatized House of Toerring-Jettenbach. They had three children, nine grandchildren, thirteen -great-grandchildren and eighteen great-great-grandchildren.: