Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)

Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (Munich, 19 July 1828 – Nymphenburg Palace, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Prince Adalbert
Born(1828-07-19)19 July 1828
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died21 September 1875(1875-09-21) (aged 47)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Burial
Michaelskirche, Munich
Spouse
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(m. 1856)​
IssuePrince Ludwig Ferdinand
Prince Alfons
Isabella, Duchess of Genoa
Princess Elvira
Princess Clara
Names
German: Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig
English: Adalbert William George Louis
HouseWittelsbach
FatherLudwig I of Bavaria
MotherTherese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Marriage

In Madrid on 25 August 1856 he married Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834–1905), sister of King-Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, sixth daughter and eleventh child of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (a younger son of King Charles IV of Spain) and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children :

Death

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 (the same day as his sister Alexandra) in Munich and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

Greek succession

It is often suggested that following his older brother Otto's death, Prince Adalbert became the heir presumptive to the throne of Greece. In fact, rights to the Greek succession were passed onto his other older brother Luitpold, who technically succeeded to the Greek throne in 1867. Due to the renunciation of all the rights to the Greek succession by King Ludwig III, at Luitpold's death the rights to the throne of Greece were inherited by his second son, Prince Leopold.

However, if it is proven that all legitimate descendants of Luitpold (barring those through King Ludwig III) are indeed extinct (discounting also the male descendants of Prince Georg of Bavaria), Adalbert's male-line descendants could conceivably assume the claim to the throne of Greece.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[1]

Ancestry

References
  1. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1875. Landesamt. 1875. p. 138.
  2. "Ritter-Orden: Königlich-ungarischer St. Stephans-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1874, p. 56, retrieved 4 March 2021
  3. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1862), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 32, 44
  4. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 20
  5. Kurfürstlich Hessisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch: 1866. Waisenhaus. 1866. p. 15.
  6. Hessen-Darmstadt (1870). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Hessen: für das Jahr ... 1870. Staatsverl. p. 9.
  7. Staat Oldenburg (1873). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für ... 1872/73. Schulze. p. 31.
  8. Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm IV. ernannte Ritter" p. 23
  9. "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1868, p. 167, retrieved 21 March 2019
  10. "Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1868, p. 157, retrieved 21 March 2019

Literature
  • Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
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