All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2021. This rigorous etiquette was said to have indirectly led to the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his morganatic wife Sophie. The British royal family's net worth is … Married: Madrid, August 25th, 1856: HRH Doña Amalia Felipina del Pilar Infanta of Spain Crown Prince of Bavaria, November 5th, 1913; Head of the Royal Family of Bavaria, October 18th, 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Army of Germany in Lothringen 1914; Fieldmarshal of Bavaria 1916. Franz Karl’s brother Ferdinand did succeed to the throne in 1835 upon the death of his father. A proxy wedding was held in the chapel of the Palais Leuchtenberg on August 2, 1829. Elisabeth Ludovika was widowed on January 2, 1861. HRH Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Norbert Theodor Johann Duke in Bavaria * Tegernsee, January 17th, 1884 She vowed never to go to Germany again and died 9 years later in Switzerland. The Royal Family of Bavaria: The House Of Wittelsbach Introductions A short history of the House of Wittelsbach. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The House of Wittelsbach was a German dynasty which originated in Bavaria. From 1960 – 1962, the New Vault was added to the Imperial Crypt to relieve overcrowding. Sophie’s remains and those of her husband Franz Karl, who survived her by six years, were transferred to the West Wall of the New Vault. Facing protests and demonstrations by students and the middle classes, Ludwig ordered the closure of the university. Franz was married to Princess Isabella of Croy and their oldest son Ludwig (1913-2008) was married to Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (daughter of Prince Rupprecht and Princess Antonia (above)). Upon his father’s death on December 12, 1912, Ludwig succeeded him as Prince Regent for his cousin, King Otto. Amélie’s parents downplayed their connection to the defeated Napoleon. She considered it Maximilian’s duty to stay in Austria and provide additional heirs for the Austrian throne. Nazi Princess: Hitler, Lord Rothermere and Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe by Jim Wilson. It is permissible to use a link that directs to Unofficial Royalty. This first volume covers the history of the family from its beginning in the XI century to the life of Crown Prince Rupprecht, who died in 1955. She was born Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria in the Electorate of Bavaria, later the Kingdom of Bavaria, now in the German state of Bavaria, on November 13, 1801, the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Princess Karoline of Baden. Otto was however allowed to keep the title “King of Bavaria” until he died 3 years later, which means that there were 2 Kings of Bavaria in that period. Born on April 14, 1765, in Darmstadt in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, now in Hesse, Germany, Augusta Wilhelmine was the ninth of the nine children and the fourth of the four daughters of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt, the second son of Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg. Eliza Gilbert, circa 1837; Credit – Wikipedia. Gisela and Leopold with their four children, circa 1885; Credit – Wikipedia. Franz Karl sent Sophie letters and gifts and regularly traveled to Munich to see her. Maximilian Joseph was an adherent of The Enlightenment, the intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, and his children were educated to think in modern ways. They had no children. Three years later, on June 6, 1836, she became Queen of Saxony upon her husband’s accession to the throne. However, the official betrothal never took place. Almost a decade after her death Rupprecht married (1921) her 1st cousin Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899-1954). But in the end, the former Royal Family of Bavaria may just have gotten the best deals of all the formerly reigning families in Germany. She applied for an engagement as a dancer at the Munich Hofbühne but her application was denied. Lola continued writing to Ludwig and the letters show that she was mainly concerned with getting more money from him.