Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831–1920)

Duke Ludwig Wilhelm
Duke in Bavaria
Born (1831-06-21)21 June 1831
Died 6 November 1920(1920-11-06) (aged 89)
Burial Ostfriedhof, Munich
Spouse Henriette Mendel, Baroness von Wallersee
(m. 1859; her death 1891)
Barbara Antonie Barth
(m. 1892; div. 1913)
Issue Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Karl Emanuel, Baron von Wallersee
House Wittelsbach
Father Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
Mother Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

Ludwig Wilhelm (Munich, 21 June 1831 - Munich, 6 November 1920) was Duke in Bavaria.

Early life

Ludwig Wilhelm (often called Louis) was the eldest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria and was brother of Empress Sissi.

Relationships and issues

He renounced his rights as firstborn to marry the actress Henriette Mendel (later Countess of Wallersee).[1]

Louis became father in 1858 of a daughter Marie Louise Mendel, who, as Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee ("jene Gräfin Larisch"), was later involved in the Mayerling Incident.

In 1859 his son Karl Emanuel was born but died shortly after. His wife Henriette died in 1891. Louis remarried the following year, this time to actress Antonie Barth.

Death

In November 1920 Louis died of a stroke and is buried in Munich's Ostfriedhof.

Ancestry

References

  1. "Mendel, Henriette." 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.
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