Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
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IntroPrince Adalbert of Bavaria
PlacesGermany
wasPrince
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth19 July 1828, Munich
Death21 September 1875Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (aged 47 years)
Star signCancer
Family
Mother:Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Father:Ludwig I of Bavaria
Siblings:Maximilian II of Bavaria Luitpold Prince Regent of Bavaria Otto of Greece Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria Princess Hildegard of Bavaria Princess Alexandra of Bavaria
Spouse:Infanta Amelia Philippina of Spain
Children:Princess Isabella of Bavaria Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria Prince Alfons of Bavaria Elvira von Bayern
The details

Biography

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (German: Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig Prinz von Bayern) (Munich, 19 July 1828 – Nymphenburg Palace, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Marriage

In Madrid on 25 August 1856 he married Infanta Amelia Philippina of Spain (1834–1905), sister of King-Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, sixth daughter and eleventh child of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (a younger son of King Charles IV of Spain) and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children :

  • Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859–1949); married Infanta María de la Paz of Spain.
  • Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862–1933); married Princess Louise of Orleans, daughter of Ferdinand Philippe Marie, duc d'Alençon.
  • Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863–1924); married Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa
  • Princess Elvira of Bavaria (1865–1943); married Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg and Freudenthal.
  • Princess Clara of Bavaria (1867–1941); unmarried, 1109th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

Death

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 in Munich and is buried in the Colombarium in the Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

Greek succession

It is often suggested that following his older brother Otto's death, Prince Adalbert became the heir presumptive to the throne of Greece. 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Ludwig I of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Count Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Louise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Countess Louise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim (= 11)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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