Who married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen?

  • Ludwig I of Bavaria married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on . Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen was 18 years old on the wedding day (18 years, 3 months and 4 days). Ludwig I of Bavaria was 24 years old on the wedding day (24 years, 1 months and 17 days). The age gap was 5 years, 10 months and 13 days.

    The marriage ended in ?.

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen: Marriage Status Timeline

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (8 July 1792 – 26 October 1854) was queen of Bavaria as the wife of King Ludwig I. Oktoberfest was created in honour of their wedding and is still celebrated annually on Theresienwiese in Munich. Therese was popular amongst the people of Bavaria, and was heavily involved in her husband's politics, as well as her own charity work.

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Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I or Louis I (German: Ludwig I.; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main and the Danube. In 1835, the first German railway was constructed in his domain, between Fürth and Nuremberg, with his Bavaria joining the Zollverein economic union in 1834. After the July Revolution of 1830 in France, Ludwig's previous liberal policy became increasingly repressive; in 1844, he was confronted during the Beer riots in Bavaria. During the revolutions of 1848, he faced increasing protests and demonstrations by students and the middle classes. On 20 March 1848, he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Maximilian.

Ludwig lived another 20 years after his abdication and remained influential. An admirer of ancient Greece and the Italian Renaissance, he patronized the arts and commissioned several neoclassical buildings, especially in Munich. He was an avid collector of arts, amassing paintings from the Early German and Early Dutch periods as well as Graeco-Roman sculptures.

All living legitimate agnatic members of the House of Wittelsbach descend from him.

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