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Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (german: Konstantin Leopold Ludwig Adalbert Georg Thadeus Josef Petrus Johannes Antonius Franz von Assisi Assumption et omnes sancti Prinz von Bayern) (15 August 1920 – 30 July 1969) was a member of the
Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
n Royal House of
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, journalist, author and a German politician.


Early life

Konstantin was born in
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,
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. He was the eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wife Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim. In 1939, as most young German men of his age, the Prince was drafted to the military. However, his career in the German Army was short lived. In 1941, Prince Konstantin was relieved from all combat duties as a result of the so called ''
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'' and a year later started studying law at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in
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. After his graduation in 1944, he worked at the Higher Regional Court of
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, but was arrested, as were most of his relatives, after the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remained imprisoned for the rest of
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.


Post World War II

After the war, Prince Konstantin began working as a journalist at the ''Neue Revue'' magazine, ''
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'', and later on for the popular German magazine ''Bunte''. In addition, in 1958 he published a biography of
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entitled ''Der Papst'' and three years later a historical reference book ''Ohne Macht und Herrlichkeit''. He also became a member of the
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, one of the biggest political parties in Bavaria and was elected to the Bavarian state parliament in 1962 and in 1965 to the
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.


Marriage

On 26 August 1942 Prince Konstantin married Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the daughter of Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and
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. The wedding in
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has been described as "the biggest society event during the war" (i.e.
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). According to a contemporary, "a score of photographers and newsreel cameramen" were present at the procession from the castle."The biggest society event during the war was the marriage of Princess Maria-Adelgunde of Hohenzollern to Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, which took place at Sigmaringen Castle on 31 August 1942. According to the description by Marie Vassiltchikov, it was an extraordinarily feudal event in which the local officials of the regime were kept in their proper place: ' ..the procession ..wound its way out of the castle ..The whole neighbourhood seemed to line the streets to watch, as had ica score of photographers and newsreel cameramen...'"
The couple had two sons, but the marriage ended in divorce on 14 July 1948 and was annulled on 24 March 1950. * Prince Leopold Rupprecht Ludwig Ferdinand Adalbert Friedrich Maria et omnes sancti of Bavaria (21 June 1943) he married Ursula Mohlenkamp on 21 October 1977. They have four children and six grandchildren. *Prince Adalbert Friedrich Johannes Maria et omnes sancti of Bavaria (27 December 1944) he married Marion Malkowski on 9 May 1978 and they were divorced on 11 November 1983. He remarried Sandra Burghardt on 21 February 1986. They have two children. On 14 August 1953 Prince Konstantin married again, Countess Helene (''Hella'') von Khevenhüller-Metsch, the daughter of Count Franz von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Princess Anna von Fürstenberg. The civil ceremony took place at
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in
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and the religious wedding followed a day later at Hohenosterwitz. The couple had a daughter together. *Princess Ysabel Helene Anna Augusta Maria de la Paz Ludovica-Fernanda et omnes sancti of Bavaria (20 July 1954) she married Count Alfred Hoyos on 30 May 1976. They have two children and six grandchildren: **Countess Stephanie Hoyos (1977) she married Baron Franz von Brackel on 15 April 2006. They have three children: ***Baron Constantin von Brackel (2006) ***Baroness Antonia von Brackel (2008) ***Baroness Johanna von Brackel (2010) **Count Johannes Hoyos (1978) he married Veronika Wundsam in 2013. They have three sons: ***Count Balthasar Hoyos (2015) ***Count Ludwig Hoyos (2017-2017) ***Count Antonius Hoyos (2018) Countess Helene was remarried to
Prince Eugen of Bavaria Prince Eugen of Bavaria (german: Eugen Leopold Adelaide Thomas Maria Prinz von Bayern) (16 July 1925 – 1 January 1997) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Early life Prince Eugen was born in Munich and was the only son ...
on 27 November 1970.


Death

Prince Konstantin of Bavaria lost his life on 30 July 1969 in a plane crash near
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,
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and is buried at the Andechs Abbey cemetery in Bavaria.


Ancestry


Published works

* ''Nach der Sintflut''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - Bergisch Gladbach : Lübbe, 1988 * ''Nach der Sintflut''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - München : Süddeutscher Verlag, 1986 * ''Papst Pius XII''. er Zwölfte Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - Stein am Rhein : Christiana-Verlag, 1980, 38. - 42. Tsd. * ''Des Königs schönste Damen''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - München : Süddeutscher Verlag, 1980 * ''Prinz und Demokrat. Konstantin von Bayern''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - München : Langen/Müller, 1970 * ''Die Zukunft sichern''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - Stuttgart-Degerloch : Seewald, 1969 * ''Ohne Macht und Herrlichkeit''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - München : List, 1961 * ''Der Papst''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - ütersloh: Bertelsmann Lesering, 1959 * ''Der Papst''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - München : Kindler, 1958, 27. - 29. Tsd. * ''Der Papst''. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern - Frankfurt/M. : Ullstein Taschenbücher-Verl., 1958


References

* ''Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie''. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979 * ''Prinz und Demokrat. Konstantin von Bayern: Ein Gedenkbuch.'' Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern and Arens, Hanns. München; Wien : Langen/Müller, 1970 {{DEFAULTSORT:Konstantin, Prince Of Bavaria Princes of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach 1920 births 1969 deaths German Army personnel of World War II German Roman Catholics Burials at Andechs Abbey