Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria

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HM The Dowager Queen of Prussia
Titles Dowager Queen of Prussia

Princess of Bavaria

Reign 7 June 1840 - 2 January 1861
Coronation 17 December 1840
Predecessor Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Successor Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Biographical Information
Born 13 November 1801

Munich, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire

Died 14 December 1873 (aged 72)

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Spouse King Frederick William IV of Prussia

(m. 1823; w. 1861)

Name Elisabeth Ludovika
House Wittelsbach (by birth)

Hohenzollern (by marriage)

Father King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother Princess Caroline of Baden
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

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Titles and Honours

  • 1801-1823 Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
  • 1823-1840 Elisabeth Ludovika, Crown Princess of Prussia
  • 1840-1861 Queen Elisabeth Ludovika of Prussia
  • 1861-1873 Elisabeth Ludovika, Dowager Queen of Prussia

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken

Princess Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken

Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

Princess Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg

Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld

Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein

Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Princess Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg

Elector Palatine Charles III of Neuburg

Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwill

Princess Caroline of Baden Hereditary Prince Charles Louis of Baden

Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden

Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Caroline of Zweibrucken

Hereditary Prince Frederick of Baden-Durlach

Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz

Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken

Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken