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House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria, being deposed in 1918. Franz was born in Munich.
The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of Sweden from 1654 to 1720. By this point it had splintered into several different houses. The Royal House of Sweden was represented by the branch Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg .
Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern; [citation needed] c. 1020 – before 4 December 1072) was the earliest known ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose relation with the House can be properly verified.
The House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld (German: Pfalz-Birkenfeld), later Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, was the name of a collateral line of the Palatine Wittelsbachs. The Counts Palatine from this line initially ruled over only a relatively unimportant territory, namely the Palatine share of the Rear County of Sponheim ; however, their ...
Wittelsbach: Son of Ludwig I. Ludwig II: King of Bavaria: 10 March 1864: 13 June 1886: Wittelsbach: Son of Maximilian II. Ludwig II was called the Märchenkönig (Fairy tale king). He grudgingly acceded to Bavaria becoming a component of the German Empire in 1871, was declared insane in 1886. [2] Otto: King of Bavaria: 13 June 1886: 5 November ...
House of Wittelsbach; Maximilian I Joseph; Children Ludwig I Princess Augusta Princess Amalie Marie Princess Charlotte Prince Karl Theodor Prince Karl Friedrich Elisabeth Ludovika, Queen of Prussia Princess Amalie Auguste Archduchess Sophie of Austria Maria Anna, Queen of Saxony Princess Ludovika Princess Maximiliana: Ludwig I; Children ...
Countess Marie Larisch (L) and Baroness Mary Vetsera (R) Countess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich (also known as Countess Marie Louise Larisch-Wallersee and Countess Marie Larisch) (24 February 1858 – 4 July 1940) was a niece and lady-in-waiting of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and a morganatic descendant of Dukes in Bavaria, collateral branch of the House of Wittelsbach.