Ludwig Wilhelm, Herzog in Bayern |
NOBLEMAN (BAVARIA) |
BORN 21 Jun 1831, München, Bayern - DIED 6 Nov 1920, München, Bayern GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Ostfriedhof, St.-Martins-Platz 1 (left wall 251/253) |
Oldest son of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and princess Ludovica of Bavaria. He was the brother of empress Elisabeth of Austria. He renounced his rights for his morganatic marriage to the actress Henriette Mendel in 1859. In 1858 their daughter Marie was born and she would be known under the name of Marie Larisch for her involvement in the Mayerling tragedy. After Henriette died in 1891 he married another actress in 1892, Barbara Barth. Family Daughter: Larisch, Marie, baronin von Wallersee |
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Sources WW-person, Universiteit van Erlangen, Erlangen, 1995 Haslip, Joan, The Lonely empress, A Biography of Elizabeth of Austria, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1965 Rall, Hans, Führer durch die Münchner Fürstengrüfte, Wittelsbach Lebensbilder von Kaiser Ludwig bis zur Gegenwart, Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, München, 1985 Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1980) |