Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria
Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern); 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen, Bavaria – 4 September 1957 in Kreuth, Germany).[1]
Biography
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.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] They had three children:[1]
- Carl Theodor, Count zu Toerring-Jettenbach (22 September 1900 - 14 May 1967), who married Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark on 10 January 1934 at the groom's castle, Schloss Seefeld on Lake Pilsensee in Upper Bavaria; and had a son and a daughter;
- Countess Marie José Antonia zu Toerring-Jettenbach (16 June 1902 - 18 June 1988), who married Anton Woerner and had issue;
- Count Hans Heribert zu Toerring-Jettenbach (25 December 1903 - 16 March 1977), who first married non-dynastically in 1938 Victoria Lindpainter,[1] and wed second, Baroness Maria Immaculata Waldbott von Bassenheim (born 1921). He had five children from his second marriage.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Toerring-Jettenbach". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 4, 375-378. (German) ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.
