Princess Sophie of Saxony
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| name = Princess Sophie of Saxony
| full name = {{langx|de|Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth}}
| title = Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
| image = Sophie Marie von Sachsen 1845 1867.jpg
| caption =
| spouse = {{marriage|Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria|1865}}
| issue = Amalie, Duchess of Urach
| house = Wettin
| father =John of Saxony
| mother =Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1845|03|15|df=y}}
| birth_place =Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1867|03|09|1845|03|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
| burial_place = Tegernsee Abbey
}}
Princess Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen{{cn|date=August 2020}}) (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony{{cn|date=August 2020}} – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria{{cn|date=August 2020}}) was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and the younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony.{{cn|date=August 2020}} Through her marriage to Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.
Marriage and issue
File:Sophie of Saxony, Duchess in Bavaria.jpg
Sophie married her first cousin Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, fifth child and third-eldest son of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, on 11 February 1865 in Dresden.{{cn|date=August 2020}} Sophie and Karl-Theodor had one child:{{cn|date=August 2020}}
- Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (24 December 1865 – 26 May 1912){{cn|date=August 2020}}
Illness and death
Childbirth caused severe respiratory problems for Sophie, which progressively weakened her, although she managed to recover. However, a year later she contracted a severe case of influenza that she could not overcome. Sophie died shortly before her 22nd birthday on 9 March 1867 and was interred at Tegernsee Abbey.
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Princess Sophie of Saxony
|2= 2. John of Saxony
|3= 3. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
|4= 4. Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony
|5= 5. Princess Carolina of Parma
|6= 6. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
|7= 7. Princess Caroline of Baden
|8= 8. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
|9= 9. Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria
|10= 10. Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
|11= 11. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
|12= 12. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
|13= 13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
|14= 14. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
|15= 15. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
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References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{ Cite book | first=Erika | last=Bestenreiner | title=Sisi und ihre Geschwister | trans-title=Sisi and her siblings | edition=2nd | publisher=Piper | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-492-24006-2 | language=de }}
- Bestenreiner, Erika. The Empress Sissi. Milan, Mondadori, 2003.
- {{ Cite book | first=Bernhard | last=Graf | title=Sisis Geschwister | trans-title=Sisi's siblings | publisher=Allitera | location=Munich | year=2017 | isbn=978-3-86906-977-7 | language=de }}
- {{ Cite book | first1=Hermann | last1=von Witzleben | first2=Ilka | last2=von Vignau | title=Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee | trans-title=The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee | location=Munich | date=1976 | isbn=3-7913-0394-5 | language=de }}
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External links
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Category:Nobility from Dresden
Category:Deaths from influenza