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    headship of the House of Wittelsbach, which reigned as Kings of Bavaria until 1918, and the head of König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei. Luitpold was born at Schloß...
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    Otto (German: Otto Wilhelm Luitpold Adalbert Waldemar; 27 April 1848 – 11 October 1916) was King of Bavaria from 1886 until 1913. However, he never actively...
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    Schweinfurters may be descendants of the Luitpolding dynasty, the Bavarian dukes of the 10th century. The Wittelsbach Conrad of Scheyern-Dachau, a great-grandson...
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  • The Luitpoldings were a medieval dynasty which ruled the German stem duchy of Bavaria from some time in the late ninth century off and on until 985. The...
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    Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince Regent of Bavaria (12 March 1821 – 12 December 1912), was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912,...
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    Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August...
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    rivaling houses, individually appointed to office.   Luitpolding dynasty Luitpold, founder of the Luitpolding dynasty, was not a duke of Bavaria but a margrave...
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  • (German: Karl Maria Luitpold Prinz von Bayern) (1 April 1874 – 9 May 1927) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Major General...
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    would presumably elect Wittelsbach Ludwig and not Prussia's Wilhelm." On 12 December 1912, Ludwig's father Luitpold died. Luitpold had been an active participant...
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    Konrad Luitpold Franz Joseph Maria Prinz von Bayern; 22 November 1883 – 6 September 1969) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Konrad...
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  • Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz (category Luitpoldings)
    Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, making him and the House of Wittelsbach descendants of the Luitpoldings. His first wife was the daughter of Conrad, Count of...
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  • associated with beer and brewing. The current proprietor, Prince Luitpold of the House of Wittelsbach, is the great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig...
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    Bavaria (German: König von Bayern) was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805...
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    (German: Franz Maria Luitpold Prinz von Bayern) (10 October 1875 – 25 January 1957) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Major General...
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    Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (category House of Wittelsbach)
    April 1844, she married Prince Luitpold in Florence. Luitpold's father King Ludwig I of Bavaria initially opposed Luitpold's marriage plans, since Auguste...
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    in Bavaria, a junior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, until it became derelict after 1920. Duke Luitpold Emanuel sold Possenhofen, as well as Biederstein...
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    Frederick Barbarossa. Frederick passed Bavaria over to the House of Wittelsbach, which held it until 1918. The Bavarian dukes were raised to prince-electors...
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    Franz von Bayern (category House of Wittelsbach)
    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...
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    Prince Georg of Bavaria (category House of Wittelsbach)
    Georg Franz Joseph Luitpold Maria Prinz von Bayern; 2 April 1880 – 31 May 1943) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Catholic priest...
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    time of the Bavarian and Palatine electors and kings of the House of Wittelsbach. The collection gives an extensive overview of the development of the...
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    Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (category House of Wittelsbach)
    Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael; 3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996) was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and...
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    Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach as King of Bavaria in 1806. The crown continued to be held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom came to an end...
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    Otto I Wittelsbach became Duke of Bavaria, and Munich was handed to the Bishop of Freising. In 1240, Munich was transferred to Otto II Wittelsbach and in...
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    Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria (category House of Wittelsbach)
    Free State of Bavaria) was a Duke in Bavaria and member of the House of Wittelsbach. Siegfried August was the first of three sons of Duke Maximilian Emanuel...
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    1521 the Lords had to sell their fief with Imperial immediacy to the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria, but continued to occupy the castle as Burgraves. In...
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    Otto of Greece (category House of Wittelsbach)
    were his younger brothers, Luitpold and Adalbert. The staunch Catholicism of the Wittelsbachs complicated matters, as Luitpold refused to convert and Adalbert...
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    Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008) (category House of Wittelsbach)
    1913 – 17 October 2008) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Prince Ludwig was born at Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria...
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  • Münchener Hypothekenbank has a link to the House of Wittelsbach. In 1897, Prince Regent Luitpold allowed the bank to use the Bavarian royal crown in its...
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    rule. They asked Ludwig's uncle, Prince Luitpold, to step into the royal vacancy once Ludwig was deposed. Luitpold agreed on condition the conspirators produced...
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    (7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893) was a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach, and a brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria. He married Princess Amalie of...
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