Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (German: Franz-Josef Michael Maria Ignatius Prinz von Bayern) (born 21 September 1957) is a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict.
Early life
Franz-Josef was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He is the eldest son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife, Archduchess Theresa of Austria.
Later life
The prince is a Benedictine monk, a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict. Until 1996, he lived under the name Pater Florian at the St. Ottilien Archabbey in Emming in southern Bavaria. Since 1996, Prince Franz-Josef has been living at the Peramiho Abbey in Tanzania and in Kenia he became prior administrator of the Prince of Peace Benedictine Monastery - Tigoni Limuru. He is currently working in Illeret, St. Peter the Fisherman parish, and a new Benedictine Monastery in the Diocese of Marsabit, northern part of Kenya.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria |
|---|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | 8. Ludwig III of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria | | | | | | | | | 4. Prince Franz of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este | | | | | | | | | 9. Maria Theresia of Austria-Este | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria | | | | | | | | | 2. Prince Rasso of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ | | | | | | | | | 10. Karl Alfred, Duke of Croÿ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Princess Natalie of Ligne | | | | | | | | | 5. Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Engelbert, Duke of Arenberg | | | | | | | | | 11. Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Princess Eleonore of Arenberg | | | | | | | | | 1. Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria | | | | | | | | | 12. Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | | | | | | | | | 6. Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Franz Joseph I of Austria | | | | | | | | | 13. Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Elisabeth of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | 3. Archduchess Theresa of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Wilhelm Franz, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | | | | | | | | | 14. Friedrich, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Countess Marie of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | | | | | | | | | 7. Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Erich, Altgrave of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | | | | | | | | | 15. Altgravine Marie Therese of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Maria del Pilar Alvarez de Toledo | | | | | | | |
|
