Predecessor Karl Theodor Burial Tegernsee Abbey Name Duke Wilhelm | Successor Max Emanuel Role 1884–1968 | |
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Period 30 November 1909 – 5 November 1968 Parents Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria Grandparents Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria Uncles Wilhelm Karl, Duke in Bavaria, Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria Cousins Rudolf - Crown Prince of, Zita of Bourbon‑Parma, Archduchess Marie Valerie of, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Archduchess Sophie of Austria Similar People Karl Theodor - Duke in B, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Duke Maximilian Joseph in, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Elisabeth of Bavaria - Queen of | ||
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Norbert Theodor Johann in Bavaria (17 January 1884 – 5 November 1968) was a member of the Kingdom of Bavaria's ruling dynasty, the House of Wittelsbach. From 1909 he was the head of the Wittelsbachs' cadet branch, the Dukes in Bavaria, heirs of the Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.
Life
Ludwig Wilhelm was born at Schloss Tegernsee, the eldest son of Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria and his second wife Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal.
He married on 19 March 1917 in Kreuth with Princess Eleonore Anna Lucie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of Prince Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Julia Cavalcanti d'Albuquerque de Villeneuve.
When his wife died on 20 February 1965 he adopted the grandson of his sister Marie Gabrielle, Max Emanuel.
Ludwig Wilhelm died on 5 November 1968 in Wildbad Kreuth.