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Princess Sophie of Bavaria

1805 - 1872

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Sophie of Bavaria is the 37th most popular nobleman (up from 45th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Germany (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Nobleman.

Princess Sophie of Bavaria is famous for being the mother of the famous Empress of Austria, Sisi (Elisabeth). She was known for her beauty and her strict, conservative nature, which put her at odds with her daughter's more liberal and free-spirited personality.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 37 out of 1,415. Before her are Marie Thérèse of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Lucretia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Pope Leo IX, and Margaret of Valois. After her are Diana, Princess of Wales, Alexander Nevsky, Liliʻuokalani, Sophia of Hanover, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Anne of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 4. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen, Joseph Smith, and Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. After her are Alexis de Tocqueville, Giuseppe Mazzini, William Rowan Hamilton, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Fanny Mendelssohn, Louis Auguste Blanqui, and Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Among people deceased in 1872, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 3. Before her are Samuel Morse, and Ludwig Feuerbach. After her are Charles XV of Sweden, Giuseppe Mazzini, William John Macquorn Rankine, Théophile Gautier, Benito Juárez, Stanisław Moniuszko, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Franz Grillparzer, and George Robert Gray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 125 out of 7,253. Before her are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Arminius (-17), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), and Erich Honecker (1912). After her are Willy Brandt (1913), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), and August Kekulé (1829).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 3. Before her are Albert, Prince Consort (1819), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1872). After her are Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845).

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