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Franz, Duke of Bavaria

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Head of the House of Wittelsbach

Germany FoundersBorn 1933 · age 93

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Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern, 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.

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Duke Franz, painted by Dieter Stein in 1985

Franz von Bayern in the regalia of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Munich, 2012)

Nymphenburg Palace

Prince Franz (right) with his father Duke Albrecht (centre) and his grandfather Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, in 1948.

Awards 7

2022Romano Guardini award

2017Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2008honorary doctor of the University of Munich

2008Order pro Merito Melitensi

2004Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

1980Bayerischer Poetentaler

1960Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

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FatherDuke Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria

MotherDuchess Maria, Duchess of Bavaria

SiblingPrincess Marie Gabriele, Princess of Waldburg-Zeil and Trauchburg

SiblingPrincess Marie Charlotte, Princess of Quadt-Wykradt and Isny

SiblingPrince Max, Duke in Bavaria

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Germany