Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria

Prince Franz-Josef
Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria
Born	21 September 1957 Schloss Leutstetten, Leutstetten, Bavaria, Germany
Full name German: Franz-Josef Michael Maria Ignatius
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Prince Rasso of Bavaria
Mother	Archduchess Theresa of Austria

Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (German: Franz-Josef Michael Maria Ignatius Prinz von Bayern) (born 21 September 1957) is a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict.

Early life

Bavarian Royal Family

HRH The Duke of Bavaria HRH The Duke in Bavaria HRH The Duchess in Bavaria HRH The Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein HRH Princess Marie-Caroline HRH Princess Hélène HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Princess Maria Anna HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt Extended family members

Franz-Josef was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He is the eldest son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife, Archduchess Theresa of Austria.

Later life

The prince is a Benedictine monk, a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict. Until 1996, he lived under the name Pater Florian at the St. Ottilien Archabbey in Emming in southern Bavaria. Since 1996, Prince Franz-Josef has been living at the Peramiho Abbey in Tanzania and in Kenia he became prior administrator of the Prince of Peace Benedictine Monastery - Tigoni Limuru. He is currently working in Illeret, St. Peter the Fisherman parish, and a new Benedictine Monastery in the Diocese of Marsabit, northern part of Kenya.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria

16. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria               8. Ludwig III of Bavaria                       17. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria               4. Prince Franz of Bavaria                             18. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este               9. Maria Theresia of Austria-Este                       19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria               2. Prince Rasso of Bavaria                                   20. Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ               10. Karl Alfred, Duke of Croÿ                       21. Princess Natalie of Ligne               5. Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ                             22. Engelbert, Duke of Arenberg               11. Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg                       23. Princess Eleonore of Arenberg               1. Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria                                         24. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria               12. Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria                       25. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies               6. Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria                             26. Franz Joseph I of Austria               13. Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria                       27. Elisabeth of Bavaria               3. Archduchess Theresa of Austria                                   28. Wilhelm Franz, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg               14. Friedrich, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg                       29. Countess Marie of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee               7. Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg                             30. Erich, Altgrave of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz               15. Altgravine Marie Therese of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz                       31. Maria del Pilar Alvarez de Toledo

References

• Adalbert Prinz von Bayern. Die Wittelsbacher: Geschichte unserer Familie. München: Prestel Verlag, 1979.
• Pater Florian Prinz von Bayern. Weil es etwas Größeres gibt. Freiburg; Herder Verlag, 2012.

Notes

• Home page of the St. Ottilien Archabbey (in German): http://www.erzabtei.de/html/
• Home page of the St. Benedict's Abbey in Peramiho, Tanzania: http://www.inkamana.org/ohio/peramiho.htm