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{{Infobox royalty
| name         =Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
| title        = Duchess of Alençon
| image        = Sophie Charlotte, Herzogin von Bayern.jpg
| image_size   = 200px
| caption      = Duchess Sophie  in 1867. 
| spouse       =  [[Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon]] (''m 28 September 1868'') 
| issue        = [[Louise d'Orléans (1869–1952)|Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavaria]]<br/> [[Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme|Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme]]
| house        = [[House of Wittelsbach]] (''by birth'')<br/> [[Hoiuse of Orléans|Orléans]] (''by marriage'') 
| father       = [[Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria]]
| mother       = [[Princess Ludovika of Bavaria]]
| date of birth = {{Birth date|1847|02|23|df=y}}
| place of birth = [[Possenhofen Castle]], [[Possenhofen]], Bavaria
| date of death = {{Death date and age|1897|05|04|1847|02|23|df=y}}
| place of death = 17 Jean-Goujon Street, Paris, France
| place of burial = [[Chapelle royale de Dreux|Royal Chapel]], Dreux
| module = [[File:Crown of a Royal Prince of the Blood of France (variant).svg|70px]]<br />[[File:Blason duché fr Orléans (moderne).svg|70px]] [[File:Armoiries du royaume de Bavière (1835).svg|70px]]

}}

'''Duchess Sophie in Bavaria''' (''Sophie Charlotte Augustine''; 23 February 1847 {{snd}} 4 May 1897) was a granddaughter-in-law of [[Louis Philippe I of France|King Louis Philippe of France]], the favourite sister of [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria]] as well as one time fiancée of [[Ludwig II of Bavaria|King Ludwig II of Bavaria]].



==Marriage==
On 28 September 1868 Sophie married [[Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon|Prince Ferdinand of Orléans, Duke of Alençon]] in Possenhofen, Bavaria. Prince Ferdinand was a son of [[Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours|Prince Louis of Orléans, Duke of Nemours]] and [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (a first cousin of the UK's [[Queen Victoria]]). His father was a son of [[Louis Philippe I|King Louis Philippe I of the French]].


==Issue==
# [[Princess Louise of Orléans (1869–1952)|Princess Louise of Orléans]]  19 July 1869 {{snd}} 4 February 1952) married [[Prince Alfons of Bavaria]] and had issue.
# [[Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme|Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme]] 18 January 1872 {{snd}} 1 February 1931) married [[Princess Henriette of Belgium]] and had issue.




==Titles and styles==

*'''23 February 1847 &ndash; 28 September 1868''' ''[[Her Royal Highness]]'' Duchess Sophie in Bavaria.
*'''28 September 1868 &ndash; 4 May 1897''' ''Her Royal Highness'' The Duchess of Alençon.

==Honours==

*Dame of the [[Order of Theresa]].
*Dame of the [[Order of the Starry Cross]].
*Dame of the [[Order of Saint Elisabeth]].

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