Luitpold Emanuel in Bavaria

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Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bavaria (born June 30, 1890 in Munich , † January 16, 1973 in Wildbad Kreuth ) was a Bavarian nobleman , art historian and builder of Ringberg Castle .

Life

Main entrance of Ringberg Castle

Duke Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria came from the Wittelsbach family . He was the third and youngest son of Duke Max Emanuel in Bavaria and thus a nephew of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary (1837–1898). His father died in 1893, and his mother too a year later. As an orphan he grew up with his uncle, the ophthalmologist Karl Theodor . In 1922 he completed his studies in philosophy and art history with a doctorate from Heinrich Wölfflin and a dissertation on "Franconian image weaving in the late Middle Ages".

As early as 1911, the duke decided to build a castle on the Ringberg between Rottach-Egern and Kreuth . To finance the project, which dragged on for over 60 years, he used his private fortune and sold the New Biederstein Castle and the Possenhofen Castle with the large castle park. After the Second World War he sold extensive forests in Possenhofen with the Kalvarienberg.

While he was still alive, the Duke bequeathed the castle and considerable cash fortune to the Max Planck Society in an inheritance contract . After the Duke's death, the MPG carried out the remainder of the castle's expansion with the help of sponsorship funds (including from Münchner Rückversicherungsgesellschaft AG). Today it is used as a guest house.

Dr. phil. Luitpold Herzog in Bavaria was not married and had no children. He died on January 16, 1973, his urn was buried near the Ringberg Chapel.

literature

  • Norbert Nemec: Archduchess Maria Annunziata (1876–1961): The unknown niece of Emperor Franz Joseph I , Böhlau Verlag Vienna 2010, ISBN 3205784561
  • Hermann von Witzleben: The dukes in Bavaria , Prestel Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3791303945

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Nemec: Archduchess Maria Annunziata (1876–1961): The unknown niece of Emperor Franz Joseph I , Böhlau Verlag Vienna 2010, p. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Bavaria, Luitpold Emanuel in
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bavaria, Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria in
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian nobleman, art historian and builder of Ringberg Castle
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 16th January 1973
Place of death Wildbad Kreuth