Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (german: Franz Joseph Arnulf Adalbert Maria Prinz von Bayern; 6 July 1852 – 12 November 1907) was a member of the

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n Royal House of

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and a

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Early life

Arnulf was born in

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. He was the youngest son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria.

Military career

As his older brothers, Arnulf joined the

Bavarian army The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1919) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty (''Wehrhoheit'') of Bavaria into that of ...

and became a regimental commander, reaching the rank

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. He fought with the Russian army in the

Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...

and was present at the

Siege of Plevna The siege of Pleven, was a major battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, fought by the joint army of Russia and Romania against the Ottoman Empire. After the Russian army crossed the Danube at Svishtov, it began advancing towards ...

."Prince Arnulf of Bavaria", ''The Times'' (November 14, 1907): 12. From 1892 to 1903 he commanded the First Bavarian Army Corps. In 1901 Arnulf represented his father Prince Regent Luitpold at the funeral of

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Marriage and family

On 12 April 1882 Arnulf married

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, the daughter of Prince Alois II of Liechtenstein and Countess Franziska Kinsky. The wedding took place in the Palais Liechtenstein in

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, Austria."Austria", ''The Times'' (April 13, 1882): 5. The couple had a son: * Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1884–1916)

Death

Arnulf died on 12 November 1907 in

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, Italy. He is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in

, Bavaria.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:
Hof- und - Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern
' (1906), "Landtag des Königreiches: Mitglieder der Kammer der Reichsräte"
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Early life

Military career

Marriage and family

Death

Honours

Ancestry

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