Luitpold Prince of Bavaria
Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prince of Bavaria (born April 14, 1951 in Leutstetten Castle , Starnberg ) is a great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria , Ludwig III, from both the father and mother side . since the two grandfathers were brothers.
Life
Luitpold Prince of Bavaria was born to Ludwig Karl Maria Prince of Bavaria (1913-2008) and his cousin Irmingard Princess of Bavaria (1923-2010).
He studied law in Munich and has been running the business of the König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg since 1976 and is also managing director of König Ludwig International GmbH & Co. KG . In 1979 he founded the Kaltenberg knight tournament . In October 2011 he also took over the porcelain manufacturer Nymphenburg .
In addition to his professional work, Luitpold also does voluntary work. He is on the foreign trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Munich / Upper Bavaria and on the board of family businesses in Bavaria as well as the chairman of the board of trustees at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology .
On June 25, 1979, he married Katharina Beatrix Wiegand (born September 19, 1951) in Starnberg, a daughter of the architect Gerd Wiegand . The two have two daughters and three sons:
- Auguste Marie Philippa (* 1979) ⚭ Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (* 1976)
- Alice Isabella Maria (* 1981) ⚭ Lukas Prince von Auersperg (* 1981)
- Ludwig Heinrich (* 1982)
- Heinrich Rudolf (* 1986)
- Karl Rupprecht (* 1987)
The residences of Luitpold Prince of Bavaria are Kaltenberg Castle and Leutstetten Castle .
Since the current head of the Wittelsbach family , Franz Herzog von Bayern , and his brother Max Emanuel Herzog have no male descendants in Bavaria , their successor as head of the house will in future be passed on to Luitpold, and then to his first-born son Ludwig Prince of Bavaria. The marriage of Luitpold Prince of Bavaria has been equal in terms of domestic law according to the document since March 3, 1999.
Awards
- 2000 Bavarian Order of Merit and Bavarian Beer Order
- 2005 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
ancestors
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Ludwig Karl Maria of Bavaria (1913–2008) |
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Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prince of Bavaria (* 1951) |
Web links
- Luitpold Prince of Bavaria in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 22, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imprint on www.royal-bavarian-beer-selection.com , accessed on February 23, 2016
- ↑ www.geneall.net
- ↑ Evening newspaper : Prince Ludwig of Bavaria: He would be the next Kini from April 22, 2011 (accessed on May 7, 2011)
- ↑ http://www.verband-der-koenigstreuen.de/assets/applets/Zeitung_Mai_2008.pdf
- ↑ Prime Minister Stoiber hands over the Bavarian Order of Merit and the Federal Cross of Merit ( Memento from February 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Bavaria, Luitpold Prince of |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bavaria, Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prinz von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager, great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leutstetten Castle , Starnberg |