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Living Members of
The House of Wittelsbach, 1939-1945
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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869- ). Succeeded as head of the dynasty in 1921 on the death of his father, Ludwig III, last King of Bavaria.
1st Wife: Marie Gabriele, née Duchess in Bavaria (1884-1912). See below.
2nd Wife: Antonia, née Princess of Luxemburg (1899- )
Issue of his first marriage: 5 children, including
- Albrecht, Prince of Bavaria (1905- ). Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage in 1930.
Wife: Maria, née Countess Draskovich von Trakostjan (1904- )
Issue:
- Gabriele, Princess of Bavaria (1931- )
- Charlotte, Princess of Bavaria (1931- )
- Franz, Prince of Bavaria (1933- )
- Max, Prince of Bavaria (1937- )
Issue of his second marriage: 6 children, including
- Heinrich, Prince of Bavaria (1922- )
- Irmingard, Princess of Bavaria (1923- )
- Editha, Princess of Bavaria (1924- )
- Hilda, Princess of Bavaria (1926- )
- Gabriele, Princess of Bavaria (1927- )
- Sophie, Princess of Bavaria (1935- )
Brother and Sisters
Children of King Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921)
Adelgunde, The Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1870- )
Maria, Princess Ferdinand of Bourbon-Sicily, Duchess of Calabria (1872- )
Franz, Prince of Bavaria (1875- )
Wife: Isabella, née Princess of Croy (1890- )
Issue: Hildegarde, Princess of Bavaria (1881- )
Wiltrud, Dowager Duchess of Urach, Countess of Württemberg (1884- )
Helmtrud, Princess of Bavaria (1886- )
Gundelinde, Countess Johann Georg von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1891- )
Brother of Father
Son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821-1912)
Leopold, Prince of Bavaria (1846-1930)
Issue:
- Elisabeth, Countess Otto von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1874- )
- Auguste, Archduchess Joseph of Austria (1875- )
- Georg, Prince of Bavaria (1880-1943). Died on May 31, 1943, in Rome.
Wife: Isabella, née Archduchess of Austria (1887- )- Konrad, Prince of Bavaria (1883- )
Wife: Bona Margherita, née Princess of Savoy (1896- )
Issue:
- Amalie, Princess of Bavaria (1921- )
- Eugen, Prince of Bavaria (1925- )
Brother of Grandfather
Son of King
Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868)
Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria, Crown Prince of Greece (1828-1875)
Issue: 5 children, including
- Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria (1859- )
Wife: Maria de la Paz, née Infanta of Spain (1862- )
Issue:
- Ferdinand Maria, Prince of Bavaria (1884- ). Renounced his rights to the throne of Bavaria and was created Infante of Spain upon his marriage in 1905 to Infanta Maria Theresia of Spain. Renounced his rights as Infante of Spain as a result of his unequal second marriage in 1914.
2nd Wife: Doña Maria Luisa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, née de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa (1880- ). She was created Infanta of Spain by King Alfonso XIII in 1927.
Issue of his first marriage:
- Luis Alfonso, Infante of Spain (1906- )
- José Eugene, Infante of Spain (1909- ). Forfeited his rights of succession in Spain as a result of his unequal marriage in 1933.
Wife: Doña Maria, Countess of Odiel, née de Mesia y Lesseps (1913- )
Issue:
- Doña Maria Cristina de Baviera y de Mesia (1935- )
- Don Fernando de Baviera y de Mesia (1937- )
- Doña Maria Theresia de Baviera y de Mesia, born on January 11, 1941, in Madrid.
- Don Luis de Baviera y de Mesia, born on January 26, 1942, in Madrid.
- Maria de las Mercedes, Infanta of Spain (1911- )
- Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria (1886- ). Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage in 1919.
Wife: Auguste, née Countess von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1899- )
Issue:
- Konstantin, Prince of Bavaria (1920- ). Married on August 31, 1942, in Munich.
Wife: Maria Adelgunde, née Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1921- )
Issue:
- Leopold, Prince of Bavaria, born on June 21, 1943, at Umkirch, near Freiburg.
- Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria, born on December 27, 1944, at Krauchenwies.
- Alexander Alfons, Prince of Bavaria (1923- )
- Maria del Pilar, Princess of Bavaria (1891- )
- Alfons, Prince of Bavaria (1862-1933)
Wife: Louise, née Princess of Orleans (1869- )
Issue:
- Josef Clemens, Prince of Bavaria (1902- )
- Elisabeth, Countess Franz Joseph von Kageneck, Frau Ernst Küstner from 1944 (1913- ). Married on May 6, 1939, at Nymphenburg. Widowed on December 29, 1941. Remarried on May 9, 1944, in Frankfurt (civil) and on June 6, 1944, at Garmisch-Partenkirchen (religious).
- Elvira, Countess Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal (1868-1943). Died on April 1, 1943, in Vienna.
- Klara, Princess of Bavaria (1874-1941). Died on May 29, 1941, in Munich.
Junior Surviving Wittelsbach Line
Descendants of Johann Karl, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638-1704)
Head of the House of the Dukes in Bavaria
Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria (1884- )
Wife: Eleonore, widow of The Prince Viktor of Schönburg-Waldenburg, née Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1880- )
Mother
Maria José, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria, née Infanta of Portugal (1857-1943). Died in Vienna on March 11, 1943.
Sisters
Daughters of Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria (1839-1909)
Sophie, The Countess of Törring-Jettenbach (1875- )
Elisabeth, Queen Mother of Belgium (1876- )
Marie Gabriele, Crown Princess of Bavaria (1884-1912). See above.
Brothers of Father
Sons of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria (1808-1888)
Ludwig, Duke in Bavaria (1831-1926)
Issue of his unequal marriage:
- Marie, Baroness von Wallersee (1858-1940)
Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria (1849-1893)
Issue:
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