Princess Sophie of Bavaria | |||||
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Born | Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire | 27 January 1805||||
Died | 28 May 1872 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged 67)||||
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House | Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria | ||||
Mother | Caroline of Baden |
Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph, reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary; her second son, Maximilian, briefly reigned as Emperor of Mexico.