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House of Wittelsbach
Parent house
Luitpoldings(?)
Country
Bavaria, Cologne, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kalmar Union, Sweden, Palatinate, Lusatia
Founded
11th century
Founder
Otto I
Current head
Franz, Duke of Bavaria
Final ruler
Ludwig III
Titles
Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans
King of Hungary
King of Denmark
King of Sweden
King of Norway
King of Greece
King of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria
Elector of Bavaria
Elector of the Palatinate
Elector of Cologne
Count of Holland
Deposition
13 November 1918
Cadet branches
Bavaria branch: (extinct)
Bavaria-Landshut
Bavaria-Straubing
Bavaria-Ingolstadt
Bavaria-Munich
Palatinate branch: (extant)
Palatinate-Simmern
Palatinate-Sulzbach
Palatinate-Neumarkt
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Löwenstein: (morganatic, extant)
Löwenstein-Scharffeneck
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Coat of arms (13th to 14th century). The white-and-blue lozenges came to the family when Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria acquired the county of Bogen in 1240Coat of arms (15th century), the Wittelsbach (Bogen) lozenges quartered with the lion of the Palatinate.
Bavarian Royalty House of Wittelsbach
Maximilian I Joseph
Children
Ludwig I
Princess Augusta
Princess Amalie Marie
Princess Charlotte
Prince Karl Theodor
Prince Karl Friedrich
Elisabeth Ludovika, Queen of Prussia
Princess Amalie Auguste
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
Maria Anna, Queen of Saxony
Princess Ludovika
Princess Maximiliana
Ludwig I
Children
Maximilian II
Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Otto of Greece
Princess Theodelinde
Prince Regent Luitpold
Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena
Archduchess Hildegarde, Duchess of Teschen
Princess Alexandra
Prince Adalbert
Grandchildren
Ludwig III
Prince Leopold
Princess Therese
Prince Arnulf
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand
Prince Alfons
Princess Isabella, Duchess of Genoa
Princess Elvira
Princess Clara
Great-Grandchildren
Elisabeth Marie, Countess Otto of Seefried and Buttenheim
Archduchess Auguste of Austria
Prince Georg
Prince Konrad
Prince Heinrich
Prince Ferdinand
Prince Adalbert
Princess Pilar
Prince Joseph Clemens
Princess Elizabeth Maria, Countess of Kageneck
Great-Great-Grandchildren
Princess Amalie Isabella, Mrs. Poletti
Prince Eugen
Infante Luis of Spain
Infante José of Spain
Maria, Princess Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani
Infanta Marie of Spain
Prince Konstantin
Prince Alexander
Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren
Prince Leopold
Prince Adalbert
Princess Ysabel, Baroness of Stichsenstein
Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren
Prince Manuel
Princess Maria del Pilar
Princess Maria Felipa, Mrs. Dienst
Prince Konstantin
Princess Bernadette
Prince Hubertus
Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren
Prince Leopold
Princess Alva
Maximilian II
Children
Ludwig II
Otto
Ludwig II
Otto I
Ludwig III
Children
Crown Prince Rupprecht
Adelgunde, Princess of Hohenzollern
Princess Maria, Duchess of Calabria
Prince Karl
Prince Franz
Mathilde, Princess Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Wolfgang
Princess Hildegarde
Princess Notburga
Princess Wiltrud, Duchess of Urach
Princess Helmtrud
Princess Dietlinde
Gundelinde, Countess Johann Georg von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos
Grandchildren
Hereditary Prince Luitpold
Princess Irmingard Maria
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Prince Rudolf
Prince Heinrich
Princess Irmingard
Princess Editha, Mrs. Schmer
Princess Hildegard, Mrs. de Loayza
Princess Gabrielle, Duchess of Cröy
Princess Sophie, Duchess of Arenberg
Prince Ludwig
Maria Elisabeth, Princess Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
Aldegunde Maria, Baroness Zdenko von Hoenning-O'Carroll
Adelgunde, Countess Konstantin of Waldburg-Zeil
Dorothea, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Prince Rasso
Great-Grandchildren
Marie Gabrielle, Princess of Waldburg-Zeil
Marie Charlotte, Princess of Quadt
Franz, Duke of Bavaria
Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
Prince Luitpold
Princess Irmingard Maria
Princess Philippa
Maria-Theresia, Countess Tamas Kornis de Goncz-Ruszka
Prince Franz-Josef
Elisabeth, Countess Andreas von Kuefstein
Prince Wolfgang
Princess Benedikta, Baroness von Freyberg-Eisenberg
Prince Christoph
Gisela, Margravine of Meissen
Great-Great-Grandchildren
Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
Marie-Caroline, Duchess Philipp of Württemberg
Princess Hélène
Princess Elizabeth, Mrs. Terberger
Princess Maria-Anna, Mrs. Runow
Auguste, Princess Ferdinand of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Alice, Princess Lukas of Auersperg
Prince Ludwig
Prince Heinrich
Prince Karl
Prince Tassilo
Prince Richard
Prince Philipp
Prince Corbian
Prince Stanislaus
Prince Marcello
Princess Odilia
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The House of Wittelsbach (German: Haus Wittelsbach) is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, Holland, Zeeland, Sweden (with Swedish-ruled Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bohemia, and Greece. Their ancestral lands of Bavaria and the Palatinate were prince-electorates, and the family had three of its members elected emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire. They ruled over the Kingdom of Bavaria which was created in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918.
The House of Windsor, the reigning royal house of the British monarchy, are descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714), a Wittelsbach Princess of the Palatinate by birth and Electress of Hanover by marriage, who had inherited the succession rights of the House of Stuart and passed them on to the House of Hanover.[1][2]
^Goodey, Emma (17 March 2016). "Succession". The Royal Family.
^Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A.; Silva, Manuela Santos; Spangler, Jonathan W. (19 August 2019). Dynastic Change: Legitimacy and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy. ISBN 9781351035125.
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