Therese of Bavaria was born in 1850 in Munich as the daughter of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and Auguste Ferdinande of Austria. Through intensive self-directed studies, she gained highly specialized knowledge in geology, botany, zoology, and ethnology, which she was able to deepen through extensive study trips. In this way, Therese of Bavaria traveled not only across the European and African continents but also to North and South America, where she undertook an extensive study trip in 1898 to return with a large collection of zoological, botanical, and ethnological specimens. Her ethnological writings were well received in the scientific community, and many of her collected objects were displayed in the Zoological State Collection in Munich. Therese of Bavaria passed away in 1925 in Lindau on Lake Constance.