Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (in German: Mathilde Sophie, Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg; 9 February 1816 – 20 January 1886) was a member of the Princely House of Oettingen-Spielberg and a Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg by birth. Through her marriage to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Mathilde Sophie was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.
Family
Mathilde Sophie was the eldest daughter and second-eldest child of Johannes Aloysius III, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1788-1855) and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste von Wrede (1796-1871).
Marriage and issue
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Mathilde Sophie married Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, fourth child of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 24 January 1839 in Oettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria. Mathilde Sophie and Maximilian Karl had twelve children:
- Prince Otto of Thurn and Taxis (28 May 1840 – 6 July 1876)
- Prince Georg of Thurn and Taxis (11 July 1841 – 22 December 1874)
- Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis (27 May 1843 – 10 March 1879)
- Princess Amalie of Thurn and Taxis (12 May 1844 – 12 February 1867)
- Prince Hugo of Thurn and Taxis (24 November 1845 – 15 May 1873)
- Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis (23 February 1848 – 9 July 1914)
- Prince Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis (20 February 1849 – 11 December 1849)
- Prince Adolf of Thurn and Taxis (26 May 1850 – 3 January 1890)
- Prince Franz of Thurn and Taxis (2 March 1852 – 4 May 1897)
- Prince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis (2 August 1853 – 26 May 1874)
- Prince Alfred of Thurn and Taxis (11 June 1856 – 9 February 1886)
- Princess Marie Georgine of Thurn and Taxis (25 December 1857 – 13 February 1909)[1]
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