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EEduard Roether Verlag, 1993. Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, Neue Folge Band 7. Hardcover, 368 pp; 21 cm. Text in German. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color reproductions, including oil paintings, watercolors, engravings, battle scenes, architectural views, and photographs. Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Glossy illustrated paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. A scholarly biography of Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, born Princess of Bavaria (1813-1862), revised and expanded from the author's doctoral dissertation (University of Munich, 1992). The work draws extensively on archival sources, personal correspondence, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct Mathilde's life as a cultural and political intermediary between Munich and Darmstadt. It situates her within the political history of Germany between the Napoleonic era, the Revolution of 1848/49, and the Austro-Prussian rivalry, while also examining her marriage to Ludwig III, her artistic pursuits, and her role in court and diplomatic life. Contents include: Childhood and Youth; Marriage Projects, Engagement and Wedding; Years as Hereditary Grand Duchess; The Revolution of 1848/49; Between Prussia and Austria; Years as Grand Duchess; Notes; Sources and Literature; Indexes. Richly illustrated with portraits by Joseph Stieler and others, historical photographs, and depictions of significant places and events connected to her life.