Duke Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Norbert Theodor Johann in Bavaria (17 January 1884 – 5 November 1968) was a member of the Kingdom of Bavaria's ruling dynasty, the House of Wittelsbach. From 1909 he was the head of the Wittelsbachs' cadet branch, the Dukes in Bavaria, heirs of the Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.
Life
Ludwig Wilhelm was born at Schloss Tegernsee, the eldest son of Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria and his second wife Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal.
He married on 19 March 1917 in Kreuth with Princess Eleonore Anna Lucie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of Prince Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Julia Cavalcanti d'Albuquerque de Villeneuve.
When his wife died on 20 February 1965 he adopted the grandson of his sister Marie Gabrielle, Max Emanuel.
Ludwig Wilhelm died on 5 November 1968 in Wildbad Kreuth.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1884–1968) |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria | | | | | | | | | 8. Duke Pius August in Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Pfalzgräfin Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | | | | | | | | | 4. Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Louis-Marie, Duke of Arenberg | | | | | | | | | 9. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly | | | | | | | | | 2. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Pfalzgräf Friedrich Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | | | | | | | | | 10. King Maximilian I of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Pfalzgräfin Maria Franziska of Sulzbach | | | | | | | | | 5. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden | | | | | | | | | 11. Princess Karoline of Baden | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | 1. Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. King Pedro III of Portugal | | | | | | | | | 12. King João VI of Portugal | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Queen Maria I of Portugal | | | | | | | | | 6. Miguel of Portugal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. King Carlos IV of Spain | | | | | | | | | 13. Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma | | | | | | | | | 3. Infanta Maria José of Portugal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Karl V, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | | | | | | | | | 14. Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Countess Sophie Luise of Windisch-Graetz | | | | | | | | | 7. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Karl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | | | | | | | | | 15. Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth | | | | | | | |
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