Princess Ludovika of Bavaria was the fifth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Queen Caroline. She was the mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and was born and died in
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Portrait of Ludovika and Maximilian Joseph, 1828
Princess Ludovika with her family in 1890
Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfel
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
…Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (Maria Ludovika Wilhelmine; 30 August 1808 – 25 January 1892) was the fifth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Queen Caroline. She was the mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and was born and died in Munich. Maria Ludovika Wilhelmine was…
Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1822
Monument to Max I Joseph, outside of the National Theatre, Munich (1835)
The king's youngest daughters (Marie Anne, Sophie and Ludovika) by Stieler