Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria


Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern as the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession. He was born a Prince of Bavaria, as a member of the royal line of the House of Wittelsbach, but has been using the title "Herzog in Bayern" or Duke in Bavaria, since he was adopted as an adult by his great-uncle, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, the last bearer of that title of a junior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, from whom he inherited considerable estates at Tegernsee Abbey, Banz Abbey and Kreuth.

Family

Max married the Swedish Countess Elisabeth Douglas, daughter of Count Carl Ludvig Douglas and Ottora Maria Haas-Heye, in a civil ceremony in Kreuth on 10 January 1967 and in a religious ceremony in Munich on 24 January 1967.. His wife is also a granddaughter of general Archibald Douglas and a great-granddaughter of Philip, Prince zu Eulenburg umd Hertefeld.
They have five daughters:
Max and Elisabeth live in Schloss Wildenwart and Tegernsee Abbey.

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