Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern (sometimes styled Prince Max of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria; born 21 January 1937) as the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession. He was born a Prince of Bavaria, as a member of the royal line of the

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, but has been using the title "Herzog in Bayern" or Duke in Bavaria, since he was adopted as an adult by his grand-uncle,

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, the last bearer of that title of a junior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, from whom he inherited considerable estates at Tegernsee Abbey (including a brewery), Banz Abbey and Kreuth.

Family

Max married the Swedish Countess Elisabeth Douglas (born 31 December 1940 in

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), daughter of Count Carl Ludvig Douglas (Swedish Ambassador to Brazil) and Ottora Maria Haas-Heye, in a civil ceremony in Kreuth on 10 January 1967 and in a religious ceremony in Munich on 24 January 1967. His wife is also a granddaughter of General Archibald Douglas and a great-granddaughter of Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg. They have five daughters: * Duchess ''Sophie'' Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (born 28 October 1967 in Munich), married on 3 July 1993 in Vaduz, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (born 11 June 1968 in Zürich), son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Countess Marie Aglaë Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. They have four children. *Duchess ''Marie-Caroline'' Hedwig Eleonore in Bavaria (born 23 June 1969 in Munich), married on 27 July 1991 in Tegernsee, Duke Philipp of Württemberg (born 1 November 1964 in Friedrichshafen), son of Carl, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Diane of Orléans. They have four children. *Duchess ''Helena Eugenie'' Maria Donatha Mechthild in Bavaria (born 6 May 1972 in Munich) *Duchess ''Elisabeth Marie'' Christine Franziska in Bavaria (born 4 October 1973 in Munich), married on 25 September 2004 in Munich, Daniel Terberger (born 11 June 1967 in Bielefeld),

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of German textile company KATAG AG. They have two children. *Duchess ''Maria Anna'' Henriette Gabrielle Julie in Bavaria (born 7 May 1975 in Munich), firstly married on 8 September 2007 in Munich, Klaus Runow (born 3 July 1964 in Duisburg), an investment banker. Their divorce was announced in early 2015. Maria-Anna secondly married on 16 October 2015, Baron Andreas von Maltzahn. She has two sons from her first marriage. Max and Elisabeth live in Schloss Wildenwart and Tegernsee Abbey. File:Schloss Tegernsee.jpg, Tegernsee Abbey File:WildbadKreuth1.JPG, The bath house ("Wildbad") Kreuth File:Schloss Wildenwart Frasdorf-3.jpg, Wildenwart Castle

Patronages

* Member of the Board of Trustees of the Technical University of Munich. * Member of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of the

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(the modern art museum in Munich). * Member of the Board of Directors of TAG Tegernseebahn Immobilien- und Beteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft (a real estate corporation centred in the Tegernsee Valley). * President of the

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Golf Club (since 1987). * President of the Wittelsbacher Golf Club in Rohrenfeld-Neuburg.

Honours

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, Grand Master and First Grand Prior of the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception * Bavaria012

Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert * Teutonic Order BAR

Knight of Honour of the Teutonic Order * SWE_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_Jubilee_Medal_III

Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (30 April 2016)

Ancestry

References

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