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Franz, Duke of Bavaria

Head of the House of Wittelsbach · Germany · On the map · Founders · Born 1933 · age 93

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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2022Romano Guardini awardAward2017Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2008Honorary Doctor of the University of MunichAwardOrder pro Merito MelitensiAward2004Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy SepulchreAward1980Bayerischer PoetentalerAward1960Knight of the Order of the Golden FleeceAward1933Born14 July 1933

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Romano Guardini award2022
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2017
Honorary Doctor of the University of Munich2008
Order pro Merito Melitensi2008
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre2004
Bayerischer Poetentaler1980
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece1960

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Born 1933 · age 93