Princess Sophie of Bavaria
Princess Sophie of Bavaria 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.
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1832
Portrait of Princess Sophie, Princess Ludovika and Princess Maria Anna (painting by Karl Joseph Karl Stieler, 1822).
Archduchess Sophie and her son, the future emperor Franz Joseph (by Joseph Karl Stieler)
Archduchess Sophie (front row, seated, second from left) with family members, 1860).
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
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-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.
Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1822
Maximilian Joseph
Max I Joseph, Bust by Ernst von Bandel (1826)
Presentation medal of the Bavarian Parliament (Bayerische Ständeversammlung) 1819 to their King Maximilian I Joseph, on the first anniversary of the constitution of 1818, obverse.
