Princess Sophie of Saxony

Princess Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen[citation needed]) (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony[citation needed] – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria[citation needed]) was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and the younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony.

[citation needed] Through her marriage to Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.

[citation needed] Sophie and Karl-Theodor had one child:[citation needed] Childbirth caused severe respiratory problems for Sophie, which progressively weakened her, although she managed to recover.

However, a year later she contracted a severe case of influenza that she could not overcome.

Sophie died shortly before her 22nd birthday on 9 March 1867 and was interred at Tegernsee Abbey.

Duchess Sophie in Bavaria with her lady in waiting, 1866