Duke Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Norbert Theodor Johann in Bavaria (17 January 1884 – 5 November 1968) was a member of the
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German E ...
's ruling dynasty, the
House of Wittelsbach
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. From 1909 he was the head of the Wittelsbachs'
cadet branch
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, the
Dukes in Bavaria
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, heirs of the
Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.
Life
Ludwig Wilhelm was born at
Schloss Tegernsee, the eldest son of
Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria
Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (9 August 1839 – 30 November 1909), was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a professional oculist. He was the favorite brother of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and father of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgi ...
and his second wife
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
, house = Braganza
, father = Miguel of Portugal
, mother = Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
, birth_date =19 March 1857
, birth_place =Schloss Bronnbach
, death_date =
, death_place =Vienna, Austria
, bu ...
.
By royal command of King Leopold II, he received the
Grand Cordon of Leopold as a sister's wedding gift in 1900. However the Prince was only 14 years old and today remains one of the youngest Grand Cordons in Belgian History.
[Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.]
He married Princess Eleonore Anna Lucie zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was one of several imperial counties and later principalities ruled by the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
Most of the former county is located in the present district of Siegen-Wittgenstein (in the modern state of North ...
, widow of Victor ''
Fürst
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'' (Prince)
von Schönburg (1882 – killed at
Rheims
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Founded by ...
, 14 September 1914) and daughter of Prince Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Julia Cavalcanti d'Albuquerque de Villeneuve, on 19 March 1917 in
Kreuth
Kreuth is a municipality and a village in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany.
Schloss Ringberg
During the days of Bavarian monarchy, the castle Ringberg was owned by the dukes of Bavaria. It was donated to the Max Planck Society in 19 ...
. They had no children.
After the death of his wife on 20 February 1965, he adopted the grandson of his sister
Marie Gabrielle
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People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...
,
Max Emanuel.
Ludwig Wilhelm died on 5 November 1968 in
Wildbad Kreuth.
Ancestry
References
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House of Wittelsbach
1884 births
1968 deaths
Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat
Dukes in Bavaria
People from Miesbach (district)