Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine, was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne. During the first half of World War I, he c
Rupprecht in uniform prior to World War I
Portrait of Rupprecht as a child by Franz von Lenbach c. 1874
Prince Rupprecht and his second wife, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg
Rupprecht with six of his children
Ludwig III of Bavaria
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Ludwig III was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918. Initially, he served in the Bavarian military as a lieutenant and went on to hold the rank of Oberleutnant during the Austro-Prussi
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
…occupied the sector of the front opposite the British Expeditionary Force. Rupprecht was born in Munich, the eldest of the thirteen children of Prince Ludwig (later King of Bavaria as Ludwig III) and of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, a niece of Duke Francis V of Modena. He was a member of the…
Ludwig, circa 1915–1920
Ludwig as a young man, c. 1868
King Ludwig III, his consort Maria Theresia and their son, Crown Prince Rupprecht.
Princess Adelgunde (1870–1958), Princess Maria (1872–1954), Prince Karl (1874–1927), Prince Franz (1875–1957), Princess Hildegarde (1881–1948), Princess Wiltrud (1884–1975) and Princess Helmtrud (1885–1977).