Name Prince of | ||
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Issue Infante Luis AlfonsoInfante Jose EugenioInfanta Maria de las MercedesInfanta Maria del Pilar Spouse Maria Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina (m. 1914) Children Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain, Infanta Maria del Pilar of Spain, Infante Jose Eugenio, Infante Luis Alfonso Parents Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria Similar People Infanta Maria Teresa of, Infanta Maria de la Paz of Sp, Maria Christina of Austria, Alfonso XII of Spain, Infanta Maria de las Merce | ||
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (Ferdinand Maria Ludwig Franz von Assisi Isabellus Adalbert Ildefons Martin Bonifaz Joseph Isidro; 10 May 1884 – 5 April 1958) was the eldest son and child of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria and his wife Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain. Ferdinand became an Infante of Spain on 20 October 1905 and renounced his rights to the throne of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1914.
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Marriage and issue
Ferdinand married his first cousin, Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, second eldest child and daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife Maria Christina of Austria, on 12 January 1906 in Madrid. Ferdinand and Maria Teresa had four children:
This marriage and the granted royal rank in Spain meant that Ferdinand (also known as Infante don Fernando Maria de Baviera y de Borbon), the third-generation Spanish-Bavarian, committed himself to Spain. His second marriage with a Spanish noblewoman changed nothing in that respect.
Ferdinand married for a second time to Maria Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, daughter of Luis de Silva y Fernandez, 10th Count of Pie de Concha and his wife, Maria de los Dolores Fernandez de Henestrosa y Fernandez de Cordoba, on 1 October 1914 in Fuenterrabia, Spain. Maria Luisa was also granted the title Infanta of Spain.
Later life
Ferdinand survived his mother by 12 years and his father by 9 years. He had Alfonso XIII of Spain as his first cousin and brother-in-law and Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as another brother-in-law. Spanish claimants Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona were his nephews.