Read part one here. By May 1834, Ludovika’s worried mother wrote to her daughter Amelie that Ludovika had become apathetic. One month earlier, she had given birth to her first daughter – named Helene. She had been one of a pair of twins, but Ludovika had miscarried the other twin earlier. Her husband had been [read more]
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria was born on 30 August 1808 in the Munich Residenz as the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. She was the half-sister of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Her birth was complicated, and it had already not been an easy pregnancy for [read more]
Read part one here. The family was hit hard by the death of little Ni. Caroline wrote to her mother, “The King is still deeply depressed. He keeps himself together in front of people, but in front of me and the children, he often weeps bitterly. He did not think it was possible that God [read more]
Read part one here. Gisela had no problems settling into her new home, and she did not suffer from homesickness. Leopold had helped her to settle in and often took her on excursions to get to know the area. Their new palace was being renovated, but work had progressed far enough in June so that [read more]
Caroline of Baden was born on 13 July 1776 as the daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and his wife Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was one of a twin – her sister Amalie remained unmarried. Her parents would have a total of eight children, of which seven survived to adulthood. Her mother was [read more]
On 12 July 1856, Empress Elisabeth of Austria gave birth to a second daughter. The labour went quickly and was without complications. She was named Gisela, after the wife of the first Christian King of Hungary, King Stephen I. Elisabeth’s mother Ludovika was the child’s godmother, but she was not present at the christening the [read more]
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