Princess Sophie of Bavaria

Princess Sophie of Bavaria
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1832
Born(1805-01-27)27 January 1805
Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died28 May 1872(1872-05-28) (aged 67)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1824)
Issue
Detail
Names
Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine
HouseWittelsbach
FatherMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
MotherCaroline 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.