, religion =
Roman Catholic
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Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prinz von Bayern (born 14 April 1951) is a member and second in line of succession to the headship of the House of
Wittelsbach
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, which reigned as
Kings of Bavaria
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*Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings
*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":
**The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts
**The ''Shahnameh' ...
until 1918,
[''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Haus Bayern". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 3, 6-7,9. .] and the head of
König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei.
Early life
Prince Luitpold was born at Schloß Leutstetten near
Starnberg, in
Bavaria
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. He is the only surviving child of
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008) and his wife
Princess Irmingard of Bavaria
Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (29 May 1923 – 23 October 2010) was the daughter of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his second wife, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg. She was a half-sister of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria.
Life
Irmingard was ...
(1923–2010).
Marriage
On 25 June 1979, Luitpold married Katrin Beatrix Wiegand (born 19 September 1951 in
Munich
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), daughter of
Gerd Wiegand (1922 in
Cottbus
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– 1994 in
Munich
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),
architect
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, and first wife Ellen Schumacher.
Initially the union was considered
morganatic
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, but on 3 March 1999, the marriage was declared to be
dynastic
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on the condition their children contracted dynastic marriages.
The couple had five children:
* Auguste Marie Philippa (born 1979)
* Alice Isabella Maria (born 1981)
* Ludwig Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1982). On 20 May 2023, he married Sophie-Alexandra Evekink, a doctoral student at the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford.
* Heinrich Rudolf of Bavaria (born 1986)
* Karl Rupprecht of Bavaria (born 1987)
Business activities
Prince Luitpold is the proprietor and CEO of a brewery located at
Kaltenberg Castle (''
König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg'') which was founded in 1871, and largely extended by the prince who also purchased ''Marthabräu'' brewery at
Fürstenfeldbruck in 1980, where his wheat beer is produced.
At Kaltenberg he also organizes an annual
jousting
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tournament.
In 2011 he purchased the
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1745 by
Maximilian III Joseph, Prince-Elector of Bavaria.
Prince Luitpold owns the Bavarian castles of Leutstetten and Kaltenberg, in which he lives with his family.
Ancestry
References
# Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
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House of Wittelsbach
1951 births
Living people
People from Starnberg
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany