Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (German: Marie Gabrielle Mathilde Isabelle Therese Antoinette Sabine Herzogin in Bayern; October 9, 1878 in Tegernsee, Bavaria – October 24, 1912 in Sorrento, Italy).
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