Antecedents of the Wittelsbachs and Early Dukes of Bavaria

House of Wittelsbach

Luitpold
Founder of the
Luitpoldings
Margrave of Carinthia
and
Upper Pannonia,
Count in the Nordgau
?-907

Arnulf the Bad^[17]^[18]
Duke of Bavaria
r. 907–937
?-937

Count Henry von Schweinfurt^[19]
Margrave of the Nordgau
r. 994-1017
c.970–1017
or, Count Berthold of Schweinfurt^{[citation needed]}
?-980

Leopold I^[20]
Margrave of Ostmark
r. 976-994
c. 940 – 994

Heinrich I
Count of Pegnitz
c. 1008 – c. 1043

House of Babenberg (de)
Margraves & Dukes of Austria to 1246

Otto I^[21]
Count of Scheyern
Vogt of Friesling
c.1020–1072

Eckhard I^[22]
Count of Scheyern
c. 1044–1091

Bernard I^[22]
Count of Scheyern
d.abt. 1102

Otto II^[22]^[23]
Count of Scheyern
Vogt of Friesling
and Weihenstephan
?-1120

Arnold I^[24]
Count of Scheyern in Dachau
d. c. 1123

Udalrich I
(also Ulrich)
Count of Scheyern
and Vogt of Freising
† 1130

Otto IV^[25]
Count of Scheyern
Count of Wittelsbach, 1116
Count Palatine of Bavaria
r. 1120-1156
c. 1083–1156

Ekkehard II
1116, Vogt von Ebersberg
† after 1135

Otto III
d.1130

Eckhard III
d.1183

Bernard II (d. c. 1135)

Conrad I
Count of Scheyern-Dachau
† 1130

Arnold II
Count of Scheyern-Dachau
† 1124

Otto I
Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley
† 1130

^[26] ^[27]
House of Wittelsbach

Otto I the Redhead
Count Palatine of Bavaria,
Count of Wittelsbach & Scheyern (Otto VI)
r. 1156-1180
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1180-1183
1117–1183)

Conrad of Wittelsbach, Cardinal
Archbishop of Mainz
, r. 1161–1165, 1183−1200
c.1120/1125–1200

Otto VII
Count Palatine of Bavaria
d.1189

Conrad I
Duke of Merania
r.1152–1159
d.1159

Conrad I
Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley
† 1175

Louis I the Kelheimer
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1183-1231
1173 -1231

Otto VIII
Count Palatine of Bavaria,r.1189-1209
bef. 1180–1209
killed Philip of Swabia

Conrad II
Duke of Merania
r.1159-–1182
d.1182

Otto II
Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley
† 1166

Conrad II
Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley
† 1200

^[28]^[29]
House of Wittelsbach

Otto III
Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley
† 1268

Otto II
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1231-1253
(1206-1253)
m.Agnes of the Palatinate,
grdd of Duke Henry the Lion
and Conrad of Hohenstaufen
by which the Wittelsbach inherited
the Palatinate

Louis II
Duke of Bavaria & Count Palatine of the Rhine
r. 1253-1294
(1229–1294)

Henry XIII
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1255-1290
(1235–1290)
m. Elizabeth d. Béla IV of Hungary

Rudolf I the Stammerer
Elector Palatine
(1274–1319)

Louis IV
Holy Roman Emperor,1314
Duke of Upper Bavaria, 1294
(1282–1347)

Otto III
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1290–1312
King of Hungary
r.1305–1307
(1261–1312)

Louis III
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1290–1296
(1269–1296)

Stephen I
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1290–1310
(1271–1310)

House of Wittelsbach in the Palatine and Bavaria

Henry XV
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1312-1333
(1312–1333)

Henry XIV
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1310–1339
(1305–1339)

Otto IV
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1310–1334
(1307–1334)

John I
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1339–1340
(1329–1340)
lower Bavaria passed to Emperor Louis IV

The Palatine/Elder Branch

House of Wittelsbach in the Palatine

House of Wittelsbach

Rudolf I the Stammerer
Elector Palatine
(1274–1319)

Louis IV
Holy Roman Emperor,1314
Duke of Upper Bavaria, 1294
(1282–1347)

Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine(1300–1327)

Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Elector Palatine
(1306–1353)

Rupert I, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine, 1353-1356
(1309– 1390)

Rupert II, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
(1325–1398)

Rupert
King of Germany
(1352–1410)
m. Elisabeth of Nuremberg

Rupert
(1375–1397)

Frederick
(1377–1401)

Louis III
Elector Palatine
(1378–1436)

John
Count Palatine of Neumarkt
(1383–1443)
m. Catherine of Pomerania

Stephen
Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrucken
(1385–1459)
m. Anna of Veldenz

Otto
Count Palatine of Mosbach
(1390–1461)

Louis IV, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
(1424–1449)

Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
(1425–1476)

Ruprect
Elector and Archbishop of Cologne
(1427 –1480)

Christopher
King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway
(1416–1448)

Frederick
the Hunsrücker
Count Palatine of Simmern
(1417–1480)

Rupert
Bishop of Strasbourg
(1420–1478)

Stephen
(1421–1485)

Louis
the Black
(1424–1489)
m. Johanna de Cröy

John
Archbishop of Magdeburg
(1429–1475)

Counts of Mosbach-Neumarkt

Philip, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
(1448–1508)

John I, Count Palatine of Simmern
(1459–1509)

Kaspar
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
(1458–1527)

Alexander
the Lame
(1462–1514)
m. Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Louis V
Elector Palatine
(1478–1544)
Lutheran, 1530s

Ruprecht of the Palatinate
lay Bishop of Friesing
(1481–1504)

Frederick II the Wise
Elector Palatine
(1482–1556)
Lutheran, 1540s

John II, Count Palatine of Simmern
(1492–1557)

Louis
the Younger
(1502–1532)
m. Elisabeth of Hesse

Rupert
Count Palatine of Veldenz
(1506–1544)

Otto Henry, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
(1502–1559)
Lutheran, 1540s

Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg
(1503–1548)

Frederick III
the Pious
Count Palatine of Simmern
Elector Palatine,1559
(1515–1576)
made the Palatine Calvinist

Wolfgang
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
(1526–1569)
n. Anna of Hesse

Counts of Veldenz

Louis VI, Elector Palatine
(1539–1583)
Lutheran

John Casimir
Count Palatine of Lautern
(1543– 1592)
Calvinist general

Philip Louis
Count Palatine of Neuburg
(1547–1614)
Lutheran
m.Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

John
the Lame
(1550–1604)
m. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Otto Henry
Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(1556–1604)

Frederick
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
(1557–1597)

Charles
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(1560–1600)

Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
(1574 –1610)
Calvinist

Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
(1578–1653)
Duke of Jülich & Berg, 1614
Lutheran to 1613, Catholic

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(1582–1632)
Catholic

John
the Younger
Count Palatine of Zweibrucken
(1584–1635)

Frederick Casimir
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg
(1585–1645)

John Casimir
Count Palatine of Kleeburg
(1589–1652)
m. Catherine of Sweden

George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(1591–1669)

Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
(1598–1654)

Princess Elizabeth of England, Scotland and Ireland
(1596–1662)

Frederick V, Elector Palatine
(1596–1632), r. 1610–1623
King of Bohemia,1619-1620
Calvinist

Philip William
(1615–1690)
C. Pal. of Neuburg: r. 1653–1690, D. Julich & Berg: r. 1653–1679, Elector Palatine: r. 1685–1690
Catholic

Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(1622–1708)
Catholic

Frederick
Count Palatine of Zweibrucken & Duke of Zweibrucken
(1616–1661)

Frederick Louis
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
(1619–1681)

Charles X Gustav
King of Sweden
(1622–1660)
m. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Adolf John
Count Palatine of Kleeburg
(1629–1689)

Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(1625–1671)

Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(1637–1717)

John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
(1638–1704)

Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
(1617–1680)
r. 1648–1680
Calvinist

Prince Rupert of the Rhine
(1619-1682)
English General and Admiral
Lord High Admiral of England
Duke of Cumberland

Sophia
(1630–1714)
Her son became King George I of Great Britain in 1714.

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, D of Julich & Berg
(1658–1716)
Catholic

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, D of Julich & Berg
(1661–1742)
Catholic

Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(1659–1732)

Fredrick Louis
Count Palatine of Zweibrucken&
Duke of Zweibrucken
(1619–1681)

Charles XI
King of Sweden
(1655–1697)
m. Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark

Counts of Kleeburg, ext 1731
Duke of Zweibrucken, 1718

Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
D. of Zweibrucken
(1674–1735)

Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
(1697–1739)

John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
(1698–1780)

Charles II, Elector Palatine
(1651–1685)
r. 1680–1685
Calvinist

House of Hanover Kings of Great Britain

John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(1700–1733)

Charles XII
King of Sweden
(1682–1718)

Ulrika Eleonora
Queen of Sweden
(1688–1741)
m. Frederick I of Sweden

Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
D. Zweibrücken
(1722–1775)

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
D. Zweibrücken
Imp. Field Marshal
(1724–1767)

Charles Theodore
(1724–1799)
Elector Palatine r. 1742–1777
Palatine Electorate merged with Bavarian
Elector of Bavaria r. 1777–1799
Catholic

Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
(1746–1795)

Maximilian I Joseph
D. Zweibrücken, 1795
El. Palatine, 1799-1806
El. Bavaria, 1799-1806
King of Bavaria, 1806
(1756-1825)

William
Duke in Bavaria
(1752–1837)

Kings of Bavaria

Dukes in Bavaria

The Bavarian/Younger Branch

House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria

The colours denote the Dukes, Counts and Electors over the following regions of Bavaria and under the following circumstances:

– Holy Roman Emperor

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria (united)

Name of Elector – Elector and Duke of Bavaria, ArchSenechal of the Empire (1623–1777)

Name of Elector – Elector Palatine of the Rhine

Name of Count – Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut, Duke of Bavaria in Bavaria-Straubing (Lower Bavaria)

Name of Count – Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Lower Bavaria) -- disputed

Name of Margrave – Margrave of Brandenburg (Elector by Emperor Charles IV with Golden Bull of 1356)

Name of Archbishop/Cardinal and Elector – Prince-Elector and Archbishop of Cologne/Cardinal

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria in Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern)

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria in Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern)

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria in Bavaria-Landshut (Lower Bavaria)

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria in Bavaria-Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria)

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria in Bavaria-Munich (Upper Bavaria)

Name of Duke – Dukes of Bavaria-Munich-Dachau (Upper Bavaria)

Name of Duke – Duke in Bavaria, used since 1506, when primogeniture was established in Bavaria, by all other members of the house of Wittelsbach

House of Wittelsbach

Rudolf I the Stammerer
Elector Palatine
(1274–1319)

Louis IV
Holy Roman Emperor,1314
Duke of Upper Bavaria, 1294
(1282–1347)

Louis V the Brandenburger
Margrave of Brandenburg
r. 1323–1351
Duke of (Upper) Bavaria
r. 1347–1361
(1319–1375)

Stephen II
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
r. 1349–1363Duke of (Upper)Bavaria
r. 1363–1375
(1319–1375)

Louis VI the Roman
Duke of (Upper) Bavaria
r. 1347–1365
El. Margrave of Brandenburg
r. 1356–1365
raised to El. 1356
(1328–1365)

William I
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1349–1353
Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)
r. 1353–1398
Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut
r. 1345–1389
(1330–1389)

Albrecht I
Duke of (Lower) Bavaria
r. 1349–1353
Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)
r. 1353–1404
Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut
r. 1389–1404
(1336–1404)

Otto V the Bavarian
Duke of (Upper) Bavaria
r. 1349–1351
El. Margrave of Brandenburg
r. 1351–1373
raised to El. 1356, dep. 1373 by Emp. Charles IV for his son Wenceslaus
(1340–1379)

Meinhard III
Count of Tyrol
r. 1361–1363Duke of (Upper)Bavaria
r. 1361–1363
(1344–1363)

Stephen III of Ingolstadt
Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
r. 1375–1413
(1337–1413)

Frederick of Landshut
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
r. 1375–1393
(1339–1393)

John II of Munich
Duke of Bavaria-Munich
r. 1375–1397
(1341–1397)

William II
Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)
r. 1404–1417
Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut
r. 1404–1417
(1365–1417)

Albrecht II
Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing), admin for Will. II
r. 1389–1397
(1368–1397)

John III the Pitiless
Prince Bp. of Liege, resigned
r. 1374–1425
Count of Holland, Zealand, de facto
r. 1420–1425
Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)r. 1417–1425
Duke of Luxembourg w/ wife Eliz.of Gorlitzr. 1418–1425
(1374–1425)

Louis VII
Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
r. 1413–1443
(1368–1447)

Henry XVI
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
r. 1393–1450
Ingolstadt (merged), r. 1447–1450
(1386–1450)

Ernest
Duke of Bavaria-Munich
r. 1397–1438
absorbed Straubing, 1429
(1373–1438)

William III
co-Duke of Bavaria-Munich
r. 1397–1435
(1375–1435)

Jacqueline
Count of Holland, Zealand, and Hainaut
Holl & Zea. r. 1417–1420, r. 1425–1432, Hain r. 1417–1432
(1401–1436)

Louis VIII
Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
r. 1443–1445
(1403–1445)

Louis IX
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut & Ingolstadt
r. 1450–1479
(1417–1479)

Albrecht III the Pious
Duke of Bavaria-Munich & Straubing
r. 1438–1460
(1401–1460)

John IV of Munich
Duke of Bavaria-Munich & Straubing
r. 1460–1463
(1437–1463 of plague)

Sigismund of Dachau
co-Duke of Bavaria-Munich & Straubing
r. 1460–1467
Duke of Bavaria-Munich-Dachau, r. 1467–1501
(1439–1501)

Albrect IV, the Wise
Duke of Bavaria-Munich & Straubing
r. 1467–1508,
Landshut, r. 1503–1508, & Ingolstadt
(1447–1508)
Male-Primogeniture est. 1506

Christopher
(1449–1493, Rhodes)

Wolfgang
(1451–1514), a canon in Passau, Augsburg and Köln

William IV
Duke of Bavaria-Munich & Straubing, & Ingolstadt
r. 1508–1550
(1493 –1550)

Louis X of Landshut
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
r. 1516–1545
(1495–1545)

Ernest
Administrator of Diocese of Passau, r. 1516–1540
Administrator of Diocese of Salzburg, r. 1540–1554
(1500–1560)

Albrecht V
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1550–1579
(1528–1579)

United Bavaria

William V
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1579–1597
(1548–1626)

Ferdinand
Duke in Bavaria, general
(1550–1608)

Ernest
Duke in Bavaria
Elector and Abp. of Cologne, r. 1583–1612, & Pr. Bishop of Liege, (1581) & Hildesheim (1573), Freising, r. 1566–1612
(1554–1612)

Maximilian I the Great
Duke of Bavaria
r. 1597–1651
Elector & Arch-Seneschal (repl. Palatine, conf. 1648)
r. 1623–1648
Elector of Bavaria & Arch-Seneschal
r. 1648–1651
(1573–1651)

Philip
Duke in Bavaria
Bp. of Regensburg
r. 1579–1598
Cardinal, 1596
(1576–1598)

Ferdinand
Duke in Bavaria
Elector and Abp. of Cologne & etc., r. 1612–1650
(1577–1650)

Albrecht VI
Duke in Bavaria
Landgrave of Leuchtenberg to 1650, Reichsgraf of Haag in Oberbayern
Regent of Bavaria, r. 1651–1654
(1584–1666)

Ferdinand
Elector and Duke of Bavaria
r. 1651–1679
(1636–1679)

Maximilian
Duke in Bavaria
Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
Prince Administrator (Kuradministrator) of Bavaria
r. 1679–1680
(1638–1705)

Maximilian Henry
Duke in Bavaria
Elector and Abp. of Cologne & etc., r. 1650–1688
(1621- 1688)

Sigmund Albrecht

Duke in Bavaria
Bishop of Freising and Regensburg, 1668
(1623–1685)

Maria Antonia of Austria
eldest d. & only surviving child of Emp.Leopold I & Margaret Theresa of Spain. heir to the Spanish throne
(1669–1692)

Maximilian II Emanuel
Elector and Duke of Bavaria
r. 1679–1726
Governor of Spanish Netherlands
r. 1692–1706
(1662–1726)

Joseph Clemens,
Duke in Bavaria
Elector and Abp. of Cologne & etc., r. 1688–1723
(1671- 1723)

Joseph Ferdinand
Duke in Bavaria
heir of Spain
(1692–1699)

Charles VII
Elector and Duke of Bavaria
r. 1726–1745
King of Bohemia
r. 1741–1743
Holy Roman Emperor
r. 1742–1745
(1697–1745)

Philipp Moritz Maria
Duke in Bavaria
elected bishop of Paderborn and Münster
(1698–1719)

Ferdinand Maria Innocenz
Duke in Bavaria
Imperial General
(1699–1738)

Clemens Augustus
Duke in Bavaria
Elector and Abp. of Cologne & etc., r. 1723–1761
(1700–1761)

Johann Theodore
Duke in Bavaria
Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Prince-Bishop of Freising, and the Prince-Bishop of Liège
Cardinal
(1703–1763)

Maximilian III Joseph
Elector and Duke of Bavaria
r. 1745–1777
(1727–1777)
by the Treaty of Pavia (1329), Bavaria was inherited by the elder branch of the Palatine

Clemens Franics
Duke in Bavaria
Crown Prince of Bavaria
(1722–1770)

The Royal House of the Kingdom of Bavaria

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Royal House of Bavaria/Wittelsbach

The colors denote the Kings, Prince, Dukes in Bavaria during the kingdom of Bavaria.
All the male and female descendants were "Princes of Bavaria" and "Princesses of Bavaria" even the younger line of the "Dukes in Bavaria".

Name of King - King of Bavaria Name of Duke - Duke in Bavaria

Name of Prince – Head of Royal House

2. Caroline
of Baden
1776–1841

Maximilian I/IV Joseph
D. Zweibrücken, 1795
El. Palatine & Bavaria, 1799-1806
King of Bavaria,r. 1806–1825
(1756-1825)

1. Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
1765–1796

William
Duke in Bavaria
(1752–1837)

Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
sister of King Max I of Bavaria

Fr Wm IV of Prussia
1795–1861

Elisabeth
Ludovika
of Bavaria
1801–1873

Ludwig I
King of Bavaria r. 1825–1848
(1786––1868 )

Theresa
of Saxe-
Hildburghausen
1792–1854

Karl Theodor
Fld Mar. & Insp. Gen.
(1795–1875)

Pius
D. in Bavaria
(1786-1837)

Maximilian II/V
King of Bavaria r. 1848–1864
(1811––1864)

Marie of
Prussia
1825–1889

Otto
King of Greece
r. 1832–1862
(1815–1867)

Luitpold
Prinz Regent
r. 1886–1912
(1821–1912)

Augusta
Ferdinande
of Austria
1825–1864

Adalbert
P. of Bavaria
(1828–1875)m. Inf. Amalia, s. K.-Cnsrt Francis of Spain

Maximilian Joseph
Duke in Bavaria
(1808–1888)

Ludwig II
King of Bavaria r. 1864–1886
"the Swan King" or "der Märchenkönig"
(1845-1886)

Otto I (VIII)
King of Bavaria r. 1886–1913 deposed
(1848–1916)

Ludwig III
Prince Regent, r. 1912–1913
King of Bavariar. 1913–1918 abd.
in pretence
1918–1921
(1845–1921)

Maria
Theresa of
Austria-Este
1849–1919

Leopold, Fld. Mar.
(1846–1930)

Arnulf
(1852–1907)

Louis Ferdinand
(1859–1949)m. Infanta María de la Paz of Spain

Alphonso
(1862–1933)

Louis William, Gen. Cavalry
Duke in Bavaria
(1831–1920)

Charles Theodore, Ophthalmologist
Duke in Bavaria
(1839–1909)

Maximilian, 2nd Lt.
Duke in Bavaria
(1849–1893)

Rupert
(1869–1955)
in pretence
1921–1955

Marie
Gabrielle
of Bavaria, d. Charles Theordore
(1876–1912)

Charles
(1874–1927)

Francis, Gen.
(1875–1957)

George, Col.
Priest, 1921, Mnsgr.
(1880–1943)

Conrad, Maj.
(1883–1969)

Henry, Maj.
(1884–1916),k. in action WWI

Ferdinand
(1884–1958)
m. Inf. Maria Teresa of Spain

Adalbert
(1886–1970)

Joseph Clemens
(1902–1990)

Luis William, Lt.
(1884–1968)

Siegfried
(1876–1952)

Christoph, Maj.
(1879-1963)

Luitpold
(1890-1973)

Luitpold
Hereditary Prince of Bavaria
(1901–1914)

Albert VI
"Duke of Bavaria"
1905–1996
in pretence
1955–1996

Maria
Draskovich
of Trakostjan
1904–1969

Henry
(1922–1958)

Louis
(1913–2008)

Rasso
(1926–2011)

Eugen
(1925–1997)

Princes of Spain

Franz
"Duke of Bavaria"
1933–
in pretence
(1996–)

Maximilian Emmanuel
Duke in Bavaria
(1937-)

Luitpold
(1951-)

Father Florian
born Francis Joseph
(1957–2022)

Wolfgang
(1960-)

Christopher
(1962-)

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Complete Genealogy of the Wittelsbach Dynasty

Living legitimate members of the House of Wittlesbach

Bold signifies heads of the house and numbers shown indicate the pretense to the kingship of Bavaria:

Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868)
- Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811–1864)
  - Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886)
  - Otto of Bavaria (1848–1916)
- Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813–1863), married Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806-1877) without issue
- Prince Otto of Bavaria, later King of Greece, (1815–1867), married Princess Amalia of Oldenburg (1818–1875) without issue
- Princess Theodelinde of Bavaria (1816–1817)
- Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821–1912)
  - Ludwig III of Bavaria 1845–1921
    - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869–1955)
      - Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (1901–1914)
      - Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1902–1903)
      - Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905–1996)
        Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria (born 1931), married Georg, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1928–2015) and has issue
        
        Princess Marie Charlotte of Bavaria (1931–2018), married Paul, Prince of Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (1930–2011) and issue
        
        Franz, Duke of Bavaria (born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach (1996–present)
        
        (1) Prince Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria (born 1937)
        Princess Sophie of Bavaria (born 1967), married Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1968) and has issue
        
        Princess Marie Caroline of Bavaria (born 1969), married Duke Philipp of Württemberg (born 1964) and has issue
        
        Princess Helene of Bavaria (born 1972)
        
        Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (born 1973), married Daniel Terberger (born 1967) and has issue
        
        Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1975), married twice and has issue
      - Prince Rudolf of Bavaria (1909–1912)
      - Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958), married Anne Marie de Lustrac (1927–1999) without issue
      - Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1923–2010), married Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008), see issue below
      - Princess Editha of Bavaria (1924–2013), married twice and has issue
      - Princess Hilda of Bavaria (1926–2002), married Juan Bradstock Edgar Lockett de Loayza (1912–1987) and had issue
      - Princess Gabriele of Bavaria (1927–2019), married Carl Emmanuel, 14th Duke of Croÿ (1914–2011) and had issue
      - Princess Sophie of Bavaria (born 1935), married Jean, 12th Duke of Arenberg (1921–2011) and has issue
    - Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870–1958), married William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864–1927) without issue
    - Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (1872–1954), married Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Castro (1869–1960) and had issue
    - Prince Karl of Bavaria (1874–1927)
    - Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875–1957)
      - Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913-2008)
        (2) Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (born 1951)
        Princess Auguste of Bavaria (born 1979), married Hereditary Prince Ferdinand of Lippe-Weißenfeld (born 1976) and has issue
        
        Princess Alice of Bavaria (born 1981), married Prince Lukas of Auersperg (born 1981) and has issue
        
        (3) Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born 1982)
        (4) Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (born 2024)
        
        (5) Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1986)
        (6) Prince Maximilian of Bavaria (born 2021)
        
        (7) Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (born 2023)
        
        (8) Prince Karl of Bavaria (born 10 March 1987)
        
        Princess Maria of Bavaria (1953-1953)
        
        Princess Philippa of Bavaria (1954–1953)
      - Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (1914–2011), married Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909–1981) and had issue – including the current Head of the Imperial House of Brazil
      - Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1917–2004), married Baron Zdenko von Hoenning-O'Caroll (1906–1996) and had issue
      - Princess Eleonore of Bavaria (1918–2009), married Count Konstantin of Waldburg-Zeil (1909–1972) and had issue
      - Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920–2015), married Archduke Gottfried of Austria (1902–1984) and had issue
      - Prince Rasso of Bavaria (1926-2011)
        Princess Maria Theresa of Bavaria (born 1956), married Count Tamбs Kornis de Gцncz-Ruszka (born 1949) and has issue
        
        Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (1957–2022)
        
        Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (born 1959), married Count Andreas von Kuefstein (born 1954) and has issue
        
        (9) Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (born 1960)
        (10) Prince Tassilo of Bavaria (born 1992)
        
        (11) Prince Richard of Bavaria (born 1993)
        
        (12) Prince Philip of Bavaria (born 1996)
        
        Princess Flavia of Bavaria (born 2011)
        
        Princess Benedikta of Bavaria (born 1961), married Count Rudolf von Freyberg-Eisenberg (born 1958) and has issue
        
        (13) Prince Christoph of Bavaria (born 1962)
        (14) Prince Corbinian of Bavaria (born 1996)
        
        (15) Prince Stanislaus of Bavaria (born 1997)
        
        (16) Prince Marcello of Bavaria (born 1998)
        
        Princess Odilia of Bavaria (born 2002)
        
        Princess Gisela of Bavaria (born 1964), married Prince Alexander of Saxony (born 1954) and has issue
    - Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906), married Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1870–1942) and had issue
    - Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (1879–1895)
    - Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1881–1948)
    - Princess Notburga of Bavaria (1883-1883)
    - Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria (1884–1975), married Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach (1864–1928) without issue
    - Princess Helmtrud of Bavaria (1886–1977)
    - Princess Dietlinde of Bavaria (1888–1889)
    - Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria (1891–1983), married Count Johann Georg of Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1887–1924) and had issue
  - Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846–1930)
    - Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874–1957), married Count Otto of Seefried and Buttenheim (1870–1951) and had issue
    - Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1875–1964), married Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872–1962) and had issue
    - Prince Georg of Bavaria (1880–1943), married Archduchess Isabella of Austria (1888–1973) without issue
    - Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883–1969)
      - Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria (1921–1985), married Count Umberto Poletti Galimberti, Count di Assandri (1921–1995) and had issue
      - Prince Eugen of Bavaria (1925–1997), married Countess Helene von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1921–2017) without issue
  - Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850–1925)
  - Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852–1907)
    - Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1884–1916)
- Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823–1914), married Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819–1875) and had issue
- Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825–1864), married Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) and had issue
- Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826–1875)
- Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)
  - Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859–1949)
    - Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (1884–1958), married twice and renounced his rights to the Bavarian throne in 1914
    - Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970)
      - Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (1920–1969)
        (17) Prince Leopold of Bavaria (born 1943)
        (18) Prince Manuel of Bavaria (born 1972)
        (19) Prince Leopold of Bavaria (born 2007)
        
        Princess Alva of Bavaria (born 2010)
        
        (20) Prince Gabriel of Bavaria (born 2014)
        
        (21) Prince Joseph of Bavaria (born 2019)
        
        Princess Maria del Pilar of Bavaria (born 1978)
        
        Princess Maria Felipa of Bavaria (born 1981), married Christian Dienst (born 1978) and has issue
        
        (22) Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (born 1986)
        (23) Prince Alexis of Bavaria (born 2020)
        
        (24) Prince Nikolaus of Bavaria (born 2023)
        
        (25) Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (born 1944)
        Princess Bernadette of Bavaria (born 1986), married Carmelo Milici (born 1987) and has issue
        
        (26) Prince Hubertus of Bavaria (born 1989)
        
        Princess Ysabel of Bavaria (born 1954), married Count Alfred Hoyos (born 1951) and has issue
      - Prince Alexander of Bavaria (1923–2001)
  - Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862–1933)
    - Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1902–1990)
    - Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (1913–2005), married twice and had issue
  - Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863–1924), married Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa (1854–1931) and had issue
  - Princess Elvira of Bavaria (1868–1943), married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal (1864–1927) and had issue
  - Princess Clara of Bavaria (1874–1941)