Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria

Duchess Sophie Adelheid
Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach
Born(1875-02-22)22 February 1875
Possenhofen, Bavaria
Died4 September 1957(1957-09-04) (aged 82)
Kreuth, West Germany
Spouse
Hans Veit, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach
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(m. 1898)​
IssueCarl Theodor, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach
Countess Antonia, Mrs. Woerner
Count Hans Heribert
Names
German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern
HouseWittelsbach
FatherKarl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
MotherInfanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern; 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen, Bavaria – 4 September 1957 in Kreuth, West 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, third 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, Rupprecht, later the head of the House of Wittelsbach.[1] 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 of Toerring-Jettenbach (Augsburg, 7 April 1862 – Munich, 29 October 1929), son of Count Clemens Maria Anton zu Toerring-Jettenbach (1826-1891) and his wife, Countess Franziska von Paumgarten (1834-1894). He was head of the mediatized House of Toerring-Jettenbach. [1] They had three children, nine grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and eighteen great-great-grandchildren:[1]

  • Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach (22 September 1900 – 14 May 1967) he married Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark on 10 January 1934. They have two children, six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
  • Countess Marie José Antonia of Toerring-Jettenbach (16 June 1902 – 18 June 1988) she married Anton Woerner on 9 April 1927. They have two daughters, two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
  • Count Hans Heribert of Toerring-Jettenbach (25 December 1903 – 16 March 1977) he married Viktoria Lindpaintner on 19 October 1938 and they were divorced on 23 October 1947. He remarried to Baroness Maria Immaculata Waldbott von Bassenheim (27 July 1921 – 7 September 2020) (daughter of Baron Friedrich Heinrich Waldbott von Bassenheim and Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria, daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen) on 10 December 1947. They have five children and five grandchildren.

Ancestry

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e 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.

Bibliography

  • von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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