Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria

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Prince Max
Duke in Bavaria
Born (1937-01-21) 21 January 1937 (age 86)
Munich, Germany
Spouse
Countess Elisabeth Douglas
(m. 1967)
Issue
Names
Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria
HouseWittelsbach
FatherAlbrecht, Duke of Bavaria
MotherCountess Maria Draskovich von Trakostjan
ReligionRoman Catholic

Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern (sometimes styled Prince Max of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria; born 21 January 1937) as the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession. He was born a Prince of Bavaria, as a member of the royal line of the House of Wittelsbach, but has been using the title "Herzog in Bayern" or Duke in Bavaria, since he was adopted as an adult by his grand-uncle, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, the last bearer of that title of a junior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, from whom he inherited considerable estates at Tegernsee Abbey (including a brewery), Banz Abbey and Kreuth.

Family

Max married the Swedish Countess Elisabeth Douglas (born 31 December 1940 in Stockholm), daughter of Count Carl Ludvig Douglas (Swedish Ambassador to Brazil[1]) and Ottora Maria Haas-Heye, in a civil ceremony in Kreuth on 10 January 1967 and in a religious ceremony in Munich on 24 January 1967. His wife is also a granddaughter of General Archibald Douglas and a great-granddaughter of Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg.

They have five daughters:

Max and Elisabeth live in Schloss Wildenwart and Tegernsee Abbey.[citation needed]

Patronages

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Lovell, Mary S. (2011). The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780748117116. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Royal weddings in history". Vogue. Archived from the original on 2014-05-01.
Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
Born: 21 January 1937
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Duke in Bavaria Succeeded by
Incumbent
Lines of succession
First Line of succession to the Bavarian throne Succeeded by
Jacobite succession Succeeded by