Figure 1.--Here we see Duchess/Princess Adelgrunde in Mubich with the Bavarian princes, Luitpold and Albrecht. They were the children of Crown Prince Rupprecht. The photograph is undated, but was probably taken about 1913. She would have been something like their great-great aunt.

We know very little about Prince Adalbert at this time. She was the daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Her mother was Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The Princess was born in Würzburg during 1823. Her full name was Princess Adelgunde Auguste Charlotte Caroline Elisabeth Amalie Marie Sophie Luise von Bayern. We have no information about her childhood. She married Archduke Francis of Austria-Este (1819–75) in Munich (1842). The Archduke was the oldest son of Francis IV, Duke of Modena and Maria Beatrice of Savoy. Francis rose to the dukedom when his father died (1846) becoming Francis V. The royal couple had one child, Anna Beatrice Theresia Maria who did not survive infancy (1848-49). Italian Unification resulted in the fall of Francis. He and Adelgunde were exiled to Vienna. He died there (1875). Adelgunde lived several decades more, moving back to Munich, living with her Bavarian family. We belive she tended to use her husband's title and was referred to as Duchess Adelgrunde. She died at the age of 90 in Munich (1914). She was interred in Vienna where her hiusband rested.

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