Sophie Sophie Charlotte Augustine in Bavaria

February 23, 1847 (age 50)

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

She was also a sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies. Their engagement was publicised on 22 January 1867, but after having repeatedly postponed the wedding date, Ludwig finally cancelled it in October. Foreign details of the situation see the article on Edgar Hanfstaengl. Other proposed husbands included the renowned homosexual Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, brother of both Franz Josef I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, as well as the future Luís I of Portugal. She refused all the candidates. lieutenant was in Saxony Sophie Charlotte met Ferdinand d"Orléans (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910), Duke of Alençon and grandson of the late Louis Philippe I (died 1850). Her mother in law, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, cousin of Queen Victoria, had died in 1857. Sophie Charlotte did not have an overly good relationship with her father-in-law, the widowed Duke of Nemours. Sophie died in a fire at the Bazar de la Charité in Paris on 4 May 1897. She had refused rescue attempts, insisting that the girls working with her at the bazaar be saved first. Louise Victoire Marie Amélie Sophie d"Orléans (19 July 1869 – 4 February 1952) married Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862–1933) and had issue. (the line ended in dynastical sense in 1990 in male line, with cognatic descendants still present). Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d"Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931) married Princess Henriette of Belgium and had issue (the line ended dynastically in 1970 in male line, with cognatic descendants still present). Titles and styles 23 February 1847 – 28 September 1868 Her Royal Highness Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria 28 September 1868 – 4 May 1897 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Alençon.

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Background

Sophie Charlotte was born at the Possenhofen Castle, the residence of her paternal family, Dukes in Bavaria. She was a daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888) and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.

Career

She was also a sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies. Their engagement was publicised on 22 January 1867, but after having repeatedly postponed the wedding date, Ludwig finally cancelled it in October. Foreign details of the situation see the article on Edgar Hanfstaengl.

Other proposed husbands included the renowned homosexual Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, brother of both Franz Josef I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, as well as the future Luís I of Portugal.

She refused all the candidates. lieutenant was in Saxony Sophie Charlotte met Ferdinand d"Orléans (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910), Duke of Alençon and grandson of the late Louis Philippe I (died 1850).

Her mother in law, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, cousin of Queen Victoria, had died in 1857. Sophie Charlotte did not have an overly good relationship with her father-in-law, the widowed Duke of Nemours.

Sophie died in a fire at the Bazar de la Charité in Paris on 4 May 1897.

She had refused rescue attempts, insisting that the girls working with her at the bazaar be saved first. Louise Victoire Marie Amélie Sophie d"Orléans (19 July 1869 – 4 February 1952) married Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862–1933) and had issue. (the line ended in dynastical sense in 1990 in male line, with cognatic descendants still present).

Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d"Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931) married Princess Henriette of Belgium and had issue (the line ended dynastically in 1970 in male line, with cognatic descendants still present).

Titles and styles

23 February 1847 – 28 September 1868 Her Royal Highness Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria

28 September 1868 – 4 May 1897 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Alençon.

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