Henriette Mendel, Baroness von Wallersee (July 31, 1833 â€" November
12, 1891) was a German actress, and the mistress and, later,
morganatic wife of Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria. By him she was the
mother of Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich.Born Auguste Henriette
Mendel in Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, she was the daughter of Adam
Mendel and of Anna Sophie Müller. In English she is usually known as
Henrietta Mendel. The family was reportedly Jewish, but since
centuries Protestants.She was an actress at Darmstadt's
Großherzoglich Hessisches Hoftheater when she and Ludwig Wilhelm,
Duke in Bavaria fell in love. As a Duke in Bavaria (Herzog in Bayern),
Ludwig was a high-ranking member of Bavaria's Royal House of
Wittelsbach. He was a cousin of Maximilian II of Bavaria (and thus a
great-cousin of the future "Mad King" Ludwig II of Bavaria). He was
the brother in law of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, to whom his
younger sister Elisabeth (Sissi) was married.Henriette and Ludwig had
an illegitimate daughter, Marie Louise, born on February 24, 1858.
Marie would later become famous under her married name, Countess Marie
Larisch von Moennich.
12, 1891) was a German actress, and the mistress and, later,
morganatic wife of Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria. By him she was the
mother of Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich.Born Auguste Henriette
Mendel in Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, she was the daughter of Adam
Mendel and of Anna Sophie Müller. In English she is usually known as
Henrietta Mendel. The family was reportedly Jewish, but since
centuries Protestants.She was an actress at Darmstadt's
Großherzoglich Hessisches Hoftheater when she and Ludwig Wilhelm,
Duke in Bavaria fell in love. As a Duke in Bavaria (Herzog in Bayern),
Ludwig was a high-ranking member of Bavaria's Royal House of
Wittelsbach. He was a cousin of Maximilian II of Bavaria (and thus a
great-cousin of the future "Mad King" Ludwig II of Bavaria). He was
the brother in law of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, to whom his
younger sister Elisabeth (Sissi) was married.Henriette and Ludwig had
an illegitimate daughter, Marie Louise, born on February 24, 1858.
Marie would later become famous under her married name, Countess Marie
Larisch von Moennich.
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