Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael ( May 3, 1905 , Munich - July 8, 1996 , Berg Castle ) - German aristocrat , titular duke of Bavaria , Franconia and Swabia , a palatine on the Rhine . Head of the Bavarian Royal House (1955-1996).
| Albrecht of Bavaria | |||||||
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| Albrecht Herzog von Bayern | |||||||
 Brothers Luitpold and Albrecht of Bavaria | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Ruprecht | ||||||
| Successor | Franz | ||||||
| Birth | May 3, 1905 Munich , Bavaria , German Empire | ||||||
| Death | July 8, 1996 ( 91) Berg Castle , Starnberg , Bavaria , Germany | ||||||
| Burial place | Andex Abbey , Bavaria | ||||||
| Kind |  Wittelsbach | ||||||
| Father | Ruprecht of Bavaria | ||||||
| Mother | Maria Gabriella of Bavaria | ||||||
| Spouse | 1) Countess Maria Francis Juliana Johanna Draskovic von Trakoščane 2) Countess Maria Clara Clementine Anthony Stephanie Waldburg Paula Keglevich from Buzin | ||||||
| Children | from first marriage : Maria Gayurielle Jose Anthony, Maria Charlotte Juliana, Prince Franz and Max Emanuel Ludwig Maria | ||||||
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Biography
The second son of the Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria (1869–1955), from his first marriage to the Duchess Maria Gabriella of Bavaria (1878–1912). The only surviving child from this marriage. Grandson of the last king of Bavaria, Ludwig III , who was overthrown in 1918 .
After the end of World War I, the King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, was deposed, but none of his family renounced his titles. Albrecht's parents moved from Bavaria to Austrian Tyrol .
Before World War II , the Wittelsbach house , to which Prince Albrecht of Bavaria also belonged, opposed the Nazi regime and refused to join the Nazi party . Prince Albrecht himself, who studied forestry , was unable to complete his research. In 1940, Albrecht took his family to his Sárvár estate in Hungary. In October 1944, after Germany occupied Hungary in March , the Wittelsbachs were arrested and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg . In April 1945, the family was moved to the Dachau concentration camp, where it was then liberated by the American army.
On August 2, 1955, after the death of his father, Albrecht became the head of the Bavarian royal family. Also then, he became a Jacobite contender for the thrones of England and Scotland under the name Albrecht I. In 1959, the Duke Albrecht of Bavaria was introduced to the King of Greece Paul .
Albrecht of Bavaria was a passionate hunter , in his collection there were 3 425 deer horns . He also authored two books on the deer’s habits.
While visiting Brazil in 1953, he saw a Brazilian Phil and brought this breed of dog to Europe.
In 1980, Albrecht presided over various ceremonies celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Wittelsbach house.
On July 8, 1996, 91-year-old Albrecht of Bavaria died in the castle of Berg, 20 kilometers southwest of Munich . His funeral was led by the Archbishop of Munich.
Marriage and children
On September 3, 1930, in Berchtesgaden, he married Countess Maria Francis Julian Johann Draskovic von Trakoshchan ( March 8, 1904 - June 10, 1969 ), daughter of Count Dionysus Maria Draskovic von Trakoshchan and Princess Juliana Rosa von Montenuovo.
The couple had four children:
- Princess Maria Gabriella Jose Anthony (born 1931), wife of Prince George von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (born 1928 ), from whom she had six children
- Princess Maria Charlotte Juliana (1931-2018, Gabriella's twin sister), husband - Prince Paul von Quadt zu und Vykradt Izni ( 1930 - 2011 ), they have four children
- Prince Franz (born 1933), Duke of Bavaria
- Prince Max-Emmanuel Ludwig Maria (born 1937), Duke of Bavaria. Married to Swedish Countess Elizabeth Christine Douglas (born 1940 ), from whom he has five daughters
On April 21, 1971, in Munich, he remarried the Hungarian decanter Maria Klara Clementine Anthony Stefania Waldburg Paula Keglevich from Buzin ( April 23, 1921 - October 5, 1983 ). The second marriage was childless.
Genealogy
Sources
- McFerran, Noel S. Albert . The Jacobite Heritage .
- McFerran, Noel S. The Royal Family, the Nazis, and the Second World War . The Jacobite Heritage .