Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (
Munich
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, 19 July 1828 –
Nymphenburg Palace
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, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ludwig I or Louis I (; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the German revolutions of 1848–49, 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As ki ...
and
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen (8 July 1792 – 26 October 1854) was queen of Bavaria as the wife of King Ludwig I. Oktoberfest was created in honour of their wedding and is still celebrated annually on Theresienwiese in Mu ...
.
Marriage
In
Madrid
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on 25 August 1856, he married
Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834–1905), sister of King Consort
Francis, Duke of Cádiz, sixth daughter and eleventh child of
Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
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(a younger son of King
Charles IV of Spain
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The Spain inherited by Charles IV gave few indications of instability, but during his reign, Spain entered a series of disa ...
) and
Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (Luisa Carlotta Maria Isabella; 24 October 1804 – 29 January 1844), was an Italian royal, who was an Infanta of Spain and a daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
Early life
Luisa Carlotta was bo ...
. They had five children:
*
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949); married
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain.
*
Prince Alfons of Bavaria (24 January 1862 – 8 January 1933); married
Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon.
*
Princess Isabella of Bavaria
Princess Isabella of Bavaria (Marie Elisabeth Luise Amalie Elvire Blanche Eleonore; 31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924) was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wi ...
(31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924); married
Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa.
* Princess Elvira of Bavaria (22 November 1868 – 1 April 1943); married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal.
* Princess Clara of Bavaria (11 October 1874 – 29 May 1941); unmarried,
1109th Dame of the
Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
Death
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 (the same day as his sister
Alexandra
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) in
Munich
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and is buried in the crypt of
Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.
Greek succession
It is often suggested that following his older brother
Otto
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The name is recorded fr ...
's death, Prince Adalbert became the
heir presumptive
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to the throne of
Greece
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. In fact, rights to the Greek succession were passed onto his other older brother
Luitpold, who technically succeeded to the Greek throne in 1867. Due to the renunciation of all the rights to the Greek succession by
King Ludwig III, at Luitpold's death the rights to the throne of Greece were inherited by his second son,
Prince Leopold.
However, if it is proven that all legitimate descendants of Luitpold (barring those through King Ludwig III) are indeed extinct (discounting also the male descendants of
Prince Georg of Bavaria), Adalbert's male-line descendants could conceivably assume the claim to the throne of Greece.
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
Ancestry
References
Literature
* ''Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie''. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
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1828 births
1875 deaths
19th-century German people
House of Wittelsbach
Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat
Princes of Bavaria
Burials at St. Michael's Church, Munich
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
Sons of kings
Children of Ludwig I of Bavaria