Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970)

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Adalbert von Bayern with his wife Auguste, 1919

Adalbert Alfons Maria Ascension Antonius Hubertus Joseph Prince of Bavaria (born June 3, 1886 in Nymphenburg Palace in Munich ; † December 29, 1970 there ) was a German officer , historian , author and ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Spain .

Life

origin

Adalbert was a son of Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859-1949) and his wife María de la Paz (1862-1946), Infanta of Spain. He was a great-grandson of King Ludwig I of Bavaria .

Military career

After graduating from a humanistic grammar school in 1903, Adalbert was hired as a lieutenant in the 1st field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold" , but without doing any active service. He did not begin his service until 1905 and graduated from the War Academy from 1911 to 1914 , which, however, did not give him any special qualifications. In the meantime, Adalbert became the lieutenant and the captain promoted.

When the First World War broke out, he took part in the field as leader of the 5th battery of his regiment and took part in the fighting in Lorraine and France. In 1915 Adalbert was assigned to the general command of the I. Army Corps . He came back into the field in 1916, now as Rittmeister , and was squadron chief in the 2nd Heavy Rider Regiment "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este" . With the regiment he was involved in the fighting on the Eastern Front until 1917 . He then briefly returned to France as a major and department commander of the 1st field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold" and was then with the cavalry division in Romania . In 1918 Adalbert finally fought again in France as leader of the 1st division in the 1st field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold". After the Compiègne armistice and demobilization , Adalbert was removed from the army .

Further life

Adalbert studied history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and received his doctorate with a dissertation on the topic The wittelsbachisch-Habsburg relations in the 17th century to the Dr. phil. As a historian, he was appointed corresponding member of the Academy for History in Madrid and a member of the Commission for Bavarian State History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He worked as a writer and published numerous books and writings based on his historical studies.

When the Second World War broke out , he was reactivated as a major in the army of the Wehrmacht . Adalbert served as the personal orderly officer of Colonel General and Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , with whom he had a lifelong friendship. In 1941 he resigned from military service as “unworthy of defense” due to the “ Prince's Decree ” and retired to Hohenschwangau Castle . During the time of the American military government , he was briefly commissioned to set up the Bavarian Red Cross .

1952 Adalbert received by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer , the call to Madrid as ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Spain. He built up the German representation primarily because of his personal connections. In 1956 he resigned from this office.

Adalbert is buried in the cemetery near the Andechs monastery church .

family

In 1919 Adalbert married his third-degree niece Auguste Countess von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1899–1978). She was the daughter of Otto Graf von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1870-1951) and his wife Elisabeth Marie von Bayern (1874-1957), who was a granddaughter of both Emperor Franz Joseph and Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria on her mother's side and the great-granddaughter of the on her father's side Bavarian general and Greek war minister Heinrich Christian von Schmaltz (1787–1865) was.

The marriage had two sons:

Publications

  • The end of the Habsburgs in Spain. (2 volumes). Bruckmann publishing house. Munich 1929.
  • Four revolutions and a few in between. Seventy years from the life of Princess Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Infanta of Spain. Hans Eder Publishing House. Munich 1932.
  • At Europe's royal courts. Memoirs of the Infanta Eulalia of Spain 1864–1931. Publishing house Robert Lutz successor Otto Schramm. Stuttgart 1936.
  • Eugene Beauharnais. Napoleon's stepson. A picture of life. Propylaea Publishing House. Berlin 1940.
  • Nymphenburg and its residents. Oldenbourg Publishing House. Munich 1949.
  • Max I. Joseph of Bavaria. Count Palatine, Elector and King. Bruckmann publishing house. Munich 1957.
  • The heart of the Leuchtenberg . Chronicle of a Napoleonic-Bavarian-European family. Prestel Publishing House. Munich 1963.
  • The Duke and the Dancer. The remarkable story of Christian IV of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and his family. Palatinate publishing house. Neustadt / Weinstrasse 1966.
  • When the residence was still a residence. Prestel Publishing House. Munich 1967.
  • The Wittelsbachers. History of our family. Prestel Publishing House. Munich 1979.
  • Memoirs 1900–1956. Langen-Müller publishing house. Munich 1991.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 401.
  2. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 327.
personal data
SURNAME Bavaria, Adalbert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bavaria, Adalbert Alfons Maria Ascension Antonius Hubertus Joseph Prince von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, historian, author and ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Spain
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Nymphenburg Palace , Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1970
Place of death Nymphenburg Palace , Munich