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  Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1786-1868)
Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (1884-)
Filiberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia (1895-)
Adalberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Bergamo (1898-)
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 Bavaria - LoveToKnow 1911
The title of the sovereign is king of Bavaria, that of his presumptive heir is crown-prince of Bavaria, and during the minority or incapacity of the sovereign a regency is declared, which is vested in the nearest male agnate capable of ascending the throne.
Bavaria, which was the centre of the East Frankish kingdom, passed in 899 to Louis the Child, during whose reign it was constantly ravaged by the Hungarians.
Bavaria accordingly opposed the Prussian proposals for the reorganization of the Confederation, and one of the last acts of King Maximilian was to take a conspicuous part in the assembly of princes summoned to Frankfort in 1863 by the emperor Francis Joseph (see Germany).
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 Battles Round Brest Litovsk - LoveToKnow 1911
While Mackensen continued his irresistible advance between the Bug and the Vistula, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Woyrsch were on the point of taking Warsaw and Ivangorod, there were signs in the N. also that the fortresses on the BobrNarew front were doomed.
Army under Prince Leopold of Bavaria threw the Russians out of both the outer and inner ring of Warsaw's forts, and, after the Russians had evacuated the town and withdrawn to Praga on the right bank of the Vistula, made their entry into the town.
Army Prince Leopold of Bavaria's group of armies, with Woyrsch's Army and the Kovess group, reached the Bug N. of Konstantynow, and the IX.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Battles_Round_Brest_Litovsk   (4742 words)

  
 Prince Eugene of Savoy Summary
Prince Eugene of Savoy was born in Paris on Oct. 18, 1663, the fifth son of Count Eugene Maurice of Soissons and Olympia Mancini.
Officially, Eugene was born a prince of the House of Savoy, as an heir to Olympia's husband, the Comte de Soissons.
Monument to Prince Eugen at the Heldenplatz in Vienna.
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 boys clothing: European royalty--Bavaria
Leopold as a child had a touchy pride in his high position; he had to come first, whether it was in games with younger brother Otto (1848-1916) or the order of precedence when entering a room in company.
Prince Luitpold was the third son of King Ludwid I and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
The Prince married Archduces Augusta of Tuscany (Habsburg-Lotharingen) in 1844.
histclo.com /royal/gers/royal-bavaria.htm   (2652 words)

  
 Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rupprecht was born in Munich, the eldest son of Ludwig III, the last King of Bavaria, and of Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este, niece of Duke Francis V of Modena.
Prince Luitpold Maximilian Ludwig Karl of Bavaria (1901-1914, infantile paralysis)
Prince Rudolf Friedrich Rupprecht of Bavaria (1909-1912, diabetes)
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 Prince Leopold of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf, Prinz von Bayern (9 February 1846 - 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the son of Luitpold of Bavaria (1821 - 1912) and his wife Augusta of Tuscany (1825 - 1864).
On 16 April 1915, Prince Leopold of Bavaria was re-activated and was given command of the German 9th Army, replacing General August von Mackensen.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria retired again in 1918 after the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which had ended the war on the Eastern Front.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Leopold_of_Bavaria   (446 words)

  
 Bavarian Royal Family
Ludwig was engaged to Duchess Sophie in Bavaria.
Prince Irakly is from the former Royal House of Georgia and was a brother to Princess Leonida Bagration-Moukhransky
Helene was secondly married to Prince Eugen Leopold of Bavaria
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Bavarian_Royal_Family.htm   (1872 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846-1930), who was in retirement when the First World War began, nevertheless re-emerged and served with the German Army for the duration of the war.
This was less a recognition of Leopold's moderate talents than a determined attempt to limit the influence of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff (both of whom were critics of Falkenhayn's strategy on the Eastern Front).
Leopold chose retirement for the second time in the wake of the successful (for Germany) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, during which negotiations he was thoroughly dominated by his Chief of Staff Max Hoffmann.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/leopold.htm   (250 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Kingdom of Bavaria
Its tributaries in Bavaria from the south are the Iller, a stream rich in fish, the Lech, the Isar, and the Inn; from the north its tributaries are the Wörnitz, the Altmühl, the Regen, and the Vils.
Farming in lower Bavaria and cattle-breeding in Swabia, Upper Bavaria, and Middle Franconia are the chief occupations, while the wines of Franconia and the Palatinate and the fruit and vegetables of Bamberg have a high reputation.
Bavaria is well supplied with institutions for the care of the sick, the crippled, children, and old people.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02353c.htm   (4090 words)

  
 Bavaria
Louis II (of Bavaria), in German, Ludwig II (1845-86), king of Bavaria (1864-86), son and successor of king Maximilian II, born in Nymphenburg.
Austria refused to withdraw from Bavaria despite these protests, and in July 1778, Frederick the Great and Henry, prince of Saxony, invaded the Habsburg kingdom of Bohemia; the Austrian forces under Joseph II held strong positions along the boundary between Silesia and Austrian lands.
Rupert, Prince (1619-1682) or Rupert of the Rhine English Royalist general and admiral, born in Prague, son of the Elector Palatine Frederick V and James I's daughter Elizabeth.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/bavaria.htm   (1840 words)

  
 Leopold III of Belgium Summary
Leopold, accompanied by a number of his cabinet ministers, was urged to follow the example of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and to establish a government-in-exile.
Leopold III was born in Brussels as Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, and succeeded to the throne of Belgium on February 23, 1934 on the death of his father, King Albert I of Belgium.
Albert, Prince of Liège, Prince of Belgium, born at Stuyvenberg in Brussels on June 6, 1934.
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 (E)Isenbergs of Germany/Austria
Prince Karl, the father of Prince Leopold, who succeed to the principality in 1866, is hereditary of the house of Lords of the Prussian Diet and member of the First Chamber of deputies of Darmstadt.
Prince Adalbert filed an action for divorce, citing Lieutenant Pagenhardt as co-respondent and the divorce decree was pronounced just two years after he had led the Princess to the alter.
Prince Friedreich in 1906 married Duchess Marie Charlotte of Oldenburg, from whom he was divorced in 1926 in October.
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 Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
Prince Charles is thus descended from Queen Victoria through both his mother and his father, as well as being descended from Louis II of Hesse in two ways.
Bavaria was the only one of the Stem Duchies from the earliest days of the East Frankish Kingdom to end up preserving both its name and most of its territorial extent.
Bavaria is passed on to the Wittelsbachs, who hold it henceforth, actually all the way until 1918.
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 Ludwig III of Bavaria - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
Ludwig III (Ludwig Leopold Joseph Maria Aloys Alfred), King of Bavaria, (January 7, 1845 - October 18, 1921) was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918.
Ludwig was born in Munich, the eldest son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and of his wife, Archduchess Augusta of Austria (daughter of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany).
Married Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Ludwig_III_of_Bavaria   (1123 words)

  
 HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF WITTELSBACH - ROYAL HOUSE OF BAVARIA AND PRINCELY HOUSE OF LÖWENSTEIN
Maximilian was elevated to the dignity of Elector of the Empire with the deprivation of that title from the Elector Palatine 25 Feb 1623 (this title restored by the Treaty of Westphalia 1648, increasing the number of Electors).
The achievement is borne on a mantle purpure, fringed and tasselled or, doubled ermine and surmounted by the Royal Crown of Bavaria.
Prince of Löwenstein (b 7 Nov 1690; d 11 Mar 1735), acquired the Lordship of Rosenberg 1730 (a fief of the Bishop of Wurzburg whose sovereignty was later ceded first to Bavaria 1804 and then Baden 1806).
www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/gotha/bavarhis.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Royal News 2005, Section I
Prince Laurent of Belgium (younger son of King Albert II of the Belgians) and his wife, née Claire Coombs, had twin sons, Nicolas Casimir Marie and Aymeric Auguste Marie, their second and third children, at Cliniques Universaitaires Saint Luc de Bruxelles on 13 December.
Prince Charles of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales (son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Norhern Ireland and of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, né Prince of Greece and Denmark) married Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles, née Shand (daughter of Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and of his wife, née Hon.
In 1949 she married Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (son of Prince Ranieri of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, and of his wife, née Countess Caroline Zamoyska), one of the two claimants to the headship of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies.
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 Duerckheim-Monmartin - koenig-ludwig.org
Unfortunately Prince Arnulf fell in love with his adjutant's young wife and she apparently did not object strong enough to his advances.
Prince Leopold and Prince Ludwig (also a brother of Prince Arnulf and future King Ludwig III) were finally able to prevent the duel by pointing out that a family statue forbid dueling but they advised asking the king for consent.
He was accused of trying to overthrow the constitution and the succession ordinance of Bavaria because he had stood by the king after the succession proclamation had been published.
www.koenig-ludwig.org /english/personalities/von_duerckheim-monmartin.php   (1436 words)

  
 WABCO Press Release - WABCO sponsors debut at the Truck Grand Prix on the Nürburgring / Prince of Bavaria's successful ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Prince Leopold of Bavaria debuted on the Nürburgring by finishing second in a new truck primarily sponsored by WABCO for the Allgäuer Truck Race Team.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Egon Allgäuer enjoying the highlight of the truck racing season.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria summing up his first rounds in a race truck on the Nürburgring.
www.wabco-auto.com /media_centre/press_releases?mode=view&itemid=35   (484 words)

  
 A guide to Coburg in Bavaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
However, this connection with the court of the tsar remained and Leopold became a favorite of the tsarina.
In the first step of his new career Leopold married her off to Duke Edward of Kent, who was the brother of the King of England, George IV.
Leopold's son, Leopold II, was the flest sheep of the family.
www.travelhopefully.com /Coburg2.htm   (691 words)

  
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Born at Munich on 9 February 1846, Leopold, the son of Bavarian Prince Regent Luitpold and the grandson of King Ludwig I, entered the Bavarian army at age 16 as a lieutenant.
This was less a recognition of Leopold’s modest military talents than an effort by Falkenhayn to limit the influence of Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, both of whom were critics of Falkenhayn’s strategy of emphasizing the Western Front.
Leopold was heavily influenced in his military planning by advice from his chief of staff, Colonel Max Hoffmann.
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 Kingdoms of Germany - Bavaria
When the main family line died out in Bavaria in 1777, the title of duke of Bavaria passed to the Palatinate Wittelsbachs.
Bavaria is raised to a kingdom by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bavaria gains land as a result of the Congress of Vienna.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanyBavarians.htm   (299 words)

  
 Category "Princes" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The main article for this category is Princes.
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
Category "Princes", Heads of state, Monarchs and Men.
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 Russian Royal Family
Following her marriage to Paul, Olga was granted the title of Countess Hohenfelsen in 1904 by Prince Regent Leopold of Bavaria and created Princess Paley on 28 August 1915 by Emperor Nicholas of Russia.
He succeeded Otto (previously Prince Otto of Bavaria) as King, after the latter had been forced to flee Greece in 1862.George was assassinated at Salonika.
Prince Nicholas Romanov was elected President of The Romanoff Family Association on 31 December 1992 (and possibly by inference considered as the Senior Male Representative of the House of Romanov)
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Russian_Royal_Family.htm   (1909 words)

  
 The Vatican
The lower third of the chapel is separated from the rest by beautiful marble barriers, which divide the space reserved for invited visitors on the occasion of great solemnities from that reserved for the pope, the cardinals, and the papal family.
To-day the consistories are held in it, and an occasional musical recital in the presence of the pope; during a conclave it is a favourite promenade for the cardinals.
Light is admitted on the ground floor by the painted windows renovated by the Prince Regent of Bavaria after the powder explosion of 1882, and on the second floor by those donated by the Collegium Germanicum at the same period.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/v/vatican.html   (16425 words)

  
 GENEALOGY OF HOUSE OF WITTELSBACH - ROYAL HOUSE OF BAVARIA and PRINCELY HOUSE OF LÖWENSTEIN
Prince Franz Josef Michael Maria Ignatius, b at Leutstetten 21 Sep 1957, Benedictine Monk at the Archabbey Saint Ottilien, known as Fr Florian.
Prince Konstantin Leopold Ludwig Adalbert Georg Thadeus Josef Petrus Johannes Antonius Franz von Assisi Assumption et omnes sancti, b at Munich 15 Aug 1920; k in a flying accident at Hechingen 30 Jul 1969, Writer and Editor; m 1stly at Sigmaringen 31 Aug 1942 (m diss by div at...
Prince Stephan Wenzeslaus Erwein Korbinian Rosario, b at Munich 7 Oct 1968, Lt (Res), m at Duisburg 6 Jul 1996 Andrea Pilatus (b at Beckum 12 Dec 1966) dau of Klaus Pilatus and Imrgard Bücker.
www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/gotha/bavaria.htm   (4054 words)

  
 A Jacobite Gazetteer - Bavaria - Munich - Frauenkirche
In 1921 the remains of Queen Mary IV and III (died 1919) and of her husband King Ludwig III of Bavaria were laid to rest in the crypt.
Also buried here are the remains of five of their children: Prince Karl (died 1927), Prince Wolfgang (died 1895), Princess Hildegard (died 1948), and the infants Princess Notburga (died 1883) and Princess Dietlinde (died 1889).
Prince Regent from December 12, 1912 · King of Bavaria from November 5, 1913
www.jacobite.ca /gazetteer/Bavaria/frauenkirche.htm   (665 words)

  
 The Archduke Joseph Diamond
The Archduke was a descendant of the Emperor Leopold II, son of Empress Maria Theresa who owned the famous Florentine Diamond, one of the most notable and unique diamonds in history and an heirloom of the Hapsburgs for many years.
The Archduke Joseph - better known as Joseph of Alcsut - was the oldest son of Duke Joseph Carl Ludwig and Princess Clothilde of Saxe-Coburg.
He married Augusta in 1893, daughter of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Duchess of Gisela, and a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph.
famousdiamonds.tripod.com /archdukejosephdiamond.html   (628 words)

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