Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (german: Heinrich Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Bayern) (28 March 1922 – 14 February 1958) was a member of the

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n royal House of Wittelsbach. Prince Heinrich was born at Schloss Hohenburg in

and was the eldest child and only son (followed by daughters) from the marriage of

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and his second wife,

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. On 31 July 1951, Prince Heinrich married Anne Marie de Lustrac (27 September 1927 in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 16 August 1999 in

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), daughter of Baron Jean de Lustrac, French Army officer and decorated World War I veteran, and his American wife, Helen Reid, daughter of Fergus Reid of Norfolk, Virginia. The ceremony took place in

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. The couple did not have any children together. The prince was a Knight of the

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. He died in a car accident in San Carlos de Bariloche,

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, in the

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, on 14 February 1958. He is buried at the Andechs Abbey church in Bavaria. Prince Heinrich's widow, Anne Marie de Lustrac, died also in a car crash in Milan,

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, on 16 August 1999.

Ancestry

References

Sources

* ''Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie''. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979 * ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy''. C. Arnold McNaughton, in 3 volumes. London, U.K. Garnstone Press, 1973, volume 1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich of Bavaria, Prince Princes of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach 1922 births 1958 deaths German Roman Catholics Road incident deaths in Argentina Burials at Andechs Abbey