Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (

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, 19 July 1828 –

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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

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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

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(a younger son of King

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) 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

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) in

and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

Greek succession

It is often suggested that following his older brother

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's death, Prince Adalbert became the

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to the throne of

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Adalbert Of Bavaria, Prince 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