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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.
- 8 July 1996 – present
- Max-Emanuel
Aug 7, 2023 · However, the Duke of Bavaria also has ties to another royal household. Franz is descended from King Charles I’s daughter Henrietta, a member of the Stuart family whom some consider the rightful heir to both England and Scotland. Were it not for a law passed at the beginning of the 18th century, the Duke of Bavaria might have also held the ...
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, 1905–1996; Franz, Duke of Bavaria, b. 1933; Bavarian branch. Louis V, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Bavaria and Count of Tyrol (1323–1361) Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut (1347–1404) Isabeau de Bavière (1371–1435), queen-consort of France
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- Ludwig III
Franz-Josef Michael Maria Ignatius of Bavaria (1957–2022), was a Benedictine monk, a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict. Until 1996, he lived under the name Pater Florian. Elizabeth Maria Immaculata Anastasia of Bavaria (n. 1959), married Count Andreas von Kuefstein.
- Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ (m.1912)
- Wittelsbach
House / Dynasty: House of Wittelsbach. Louis I (born Dec. 23, 1174, Kelheim, Bavaria—died Sept. 15, 1231, Kelheim) was the second Wittelsbach duke of Bavaria, who greatly increased his family’s territory and influence. Succeeding his father, Otto I, as duke in 1183, Louis enlarged the Bavarian domains and founded the cities of Landshut ...
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Aug 18, 2021 · Franz, Duke of Bavaria, is the current Head of the House of Wittelsbach and Pretender to the former throne of Bavaria. He is also the current heir to the Jacobite Succession. Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria, Prince of Bavaria was born in Munich on July 14, 1933, the son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan.
Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern, styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, is head of the Wittelsbach family, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His surname at birth was Prinz von Bayern (English: Prince of Bavaria). In 1997, after the death of his father, he changed his surname to Herzog von Bayern ...
