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Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria. Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael; 3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996 [1]) was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only child from that marriage that reached adulthood. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of ...
Aug 11, 2021 · Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria was Head of the House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the former Bavarian throne from 1955 until his death in 1996. He was the eldest surviving grandson of the last reigning King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and also the heir to the Jacobite succession. Prince Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael of Bavaria was born in ...
Aug 7, 2023 · Born on the 14 July 1933 in Bavaria’s capital Munich, Franz was the third child and elder son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and his first wife, Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan, member of the House of Drašković, a Croatian noble family.
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Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria, being deposed in 1918.
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Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael; 3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996) was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only child from that marriage that reached adulthood. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last king of ...
Jul 10, 1996 · Duke Albrecht of Bavaria, 91, the head of the historic house of Wittelsbach and heir to the throne of Bavaria who survived Nazi concentration camps in World War II, died July 8 at the family's ...
Duke in Bavaria. Duke in Bavaria ( German: Herzog in Bayern) was a title used among others since 1506, when primogeniture was established [citation needed], by all members of the House of Wittelsbach, with the exception of the Duke of Bavaria which began to be a unique position. So reads for instance the full title of the late 16th century's ...
