Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)

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Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (Munich, 19 July 1828 – Nymphenburg Palace, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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Marriage

In Madrid on 25 August 1856, he married Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834–1905), sister of King Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, sixth daughter and eleventh child of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (a younger son of King Charles IV of Spain) and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children:

Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949); married Infanta María de la Paz of Spain.
Prince Alfons of Bavaria (24 January 1862 – 8 January 1933); married Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon.
Princess Isabella of Bavaria (31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924); married Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa.
Princess Elvira of Bavaria (22 November 1868 – 1 April 1943); married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal.
Princess Clara of Bavaria (11 October 1874 – 29 May 1941); unmarried, 1109th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

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Death

Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 (the same day as his sister Alexandra) in Munich and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

Greek succession

It is often suggested that following his older brother Otto's death, Prince Adalbert became the heir presumptive to the throne of Greece. In fact, rights to the Greek succession were passed onto his other older brother Luitpold, who technically succeeded to the Greek throne in 1867. Due to the renunciation of all the rights to the Greek succession by King Ludwig III, at Luitpold's death the rights to the throne of Greece were inherited by his second son, Prince Leopold.

However, if it is proven that all legitimate descendants of Luitpold (barring those through King Ludwig III) are indeed extinct (discounting also the male descendants of Prince Georg of Bavaria), Adalbert's male-line descendants could conceivably assume the claim to the throne of Greece.