Luitpold Prince of Bavaria

Luitpold Prince of Bavaria (2012)

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 at the award of a certificate to the Corvus Corax music group

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

Pedigree Luitpold Prince of Bavaria
Great-great-grandparents	Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) ⚭ 1844 Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825–1864)	Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1821–1849) ⚭ 1847 Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Maria of Austria (1831–1903)	Duke Rudolf von Croÿ Prince of Solre (1823–1902) ⚭ 1853 Princess Nathalie de Ligne (1835–1863)	Duke Engelbert August von Arenberg (1824–1875) ⚭ Princess Maria Eleonore von Arenberg (1845–1919)	⚭	⚭	Grand Duke Adolf I of Luxembourg (1817–1905) ⚭ 1851 Princess Adelheid Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1833–1916)	King Michael I of Portugal (1802–1866) ⚭ 1851 Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909)
Great grandparents	King Ludwig III. (1845–1921) ⚭ 1868 Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria-Este (1849–1919)		Duke Carl Alfred von Croÿ (1859–1906) ⚭ 1888 Duchess Ludmilla von Arenberg (1870–1953)		King Ludwig III. of Bavaria (see left) ⚭ 1868 Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria-Este (see left)		Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg (1852–1912) ⚭ 1893 Princess Maria Anna of Portugal (1861–1942)
Grandparents	Prince Franz Maria Luitpold of Bavaria (1875–1957) ⚭ 1912 Princess Isabella von Croÿ (1890–1982)				Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869–1955) ⚭ 1921 Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899–1954)
parents	Ludwig Karl Maria of Bavaria (1913–2008) ⚭ 1950 Irmingard of Bavaria (1923–2010)
*Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prince of Bavaria ( 1951)**

Web links

Commons : Luitpold Prinz von Bayern - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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 )

personal data
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

[1] Imprint on www.royal-bavarian-beer-selection.com , accessed on February 23, 2016

[2] www.geneall.net

[3] Evening newspaper : Prince Ludwig of Bavaria: He would be the next Kini from April 22, 2011 (accessed on May 7, 2011)

[4] ttp://www.verband-der-koenigstreuen.de/assets/applets/Zeitung_Mai_2008.pdf

[5] 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 )