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HomeSophie Charlotte in Bavaria

Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria

Elisabeth in Bavaria

Sisi & Sophie Charlotte – Sisters until the end (Part two)

February 23, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. By then, Sophie Charlotte was pregnant again, and Prince Emmanuel was born on 18 January 1872. Sophie and Elisabeth were incredibly close during the months of her pregnancy, and they often took long walks together. Emmanuel was born in Merano, where Sophie Charlotte was again staying for health reasons. Elisabeth was [read more]

Elisabeth in Bavaria

Sisi & Sophie Charlotte – Sisters until the end (Part one)

February 22, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria was born on 22 February 1847 at 5.20 in the morning as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She would be one of eight (surviving) siblings, and her sisters included Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Helene, Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika. She was their penultimate [read more]

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Ludovika of Bavaria – The unhappy Duchess (Part two)

October 23, 2019 Moniek Bloks 0

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]

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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria – Between duty and love

October 2, 2019 Moniek Bloks 0

Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria was born on 22 February 1847 at 5.20 in the morning as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She would be one of eight (surviving) siblings, and her sisters included Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Helene, Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika. She was their penultimate [read more]




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