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, mother =

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Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (

, 19 July 1828 –

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, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of

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Marriage

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on 25 August 1856 he married

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(1834–1905), sister of King-Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, sixth daughter and eleventh child of

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(a younger son of King

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) and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children : *

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(1859–1949); married

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(1862–1933); married

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, daughter of

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. *

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(1863–1924); married

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. * Princess Elvira of Bavaria (1868–1943); married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal. * Princess Clara of Bavaria (1874–1941); unmarried, 1109th Dame of the

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Death

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 (the same day as his sister

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) in

and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

Greek succession

It is often suggested that following his older brother

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's death, Prince Adalbert became the

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to the throne of

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. In fact, rights to the Greek succession were passed onto his other older brother Luitpold, who technically succeeded to the Greek throne in 1867. Due to the renunciation of all the rights to the Greek succession by King Ludwig III, at Luitpold's death the rights to the throne of Greece were inherited by his second son, Prince Leopold. However, if it is proven that all legitimate descendants of Luitpold (barring those through King Ludwig III) are indeed extinct (discounting also the male descendants of

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), Adalbert's male-line descendants could conceivably assume the claim to the throne of Greece.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:

Ancestry

References

Literature

* ''Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie''. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979 {{DEFAULTSORT:Adalbert Of Bavaria, Prince 1828 births 1875 deaths House of Wittelsbach Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat Princes of Bavaria Burials at St. Michael's Church, Munich Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain Sons of kings