Prince Rasso of Bavaria

Prince Rasso
Prince Rasso of Bavaria
Born	24 May 1926 Schloss Leutstetten, Leutstetten, Bavaria, Germany
Died	12 September 2011 (aged 85)
Spouse	Archduchess Theresa of Austria (m. 1955)
Issue	Princess Maria-Theresia Prince Franz-Josef Princess Elisabeth Prince Wolfgang Princess Benedikta Prince Christoph Princess Gisela
Full name German: Rasso Maximilian Rupprecht
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Prince Franz of Bavaria
Mother	Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ

Prince Rasso of Bavaria (German: Rasso Maximilian Rupprecht Prinz von Bayern) (24 May 1926 – 12 September 2011) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.

Early life

Rasso was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He was the second son, and the youngest child, of Prince Franz of Bavaria and his wife Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ.

Marriage

On 17 October 1955 Rasso married Archduchess Theresa of Austria, the daughter of Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria and Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg.^[1] The wedding took place at Schloß Wallsee near Amstetten in Austria. The couple had seven children:^[1]

• Princess Maria-Theresia of Bavaria (born 1956); married Count Tamas Kornis de Goncz-Ruszka; seven children.
• Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (born 1957), a Benedictine monk in the abbey of Peramiho, Tanzania, now called Pater Florian.
• Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (born 1959); married Count Andreas von Kuefstein; six children.
• Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (born 1960); married Countess Beatrice zu Lodron-Laterano und Castelromano; three children.
• Princess Benedikta of Bavaria (born 1961); married Rudolf, Baron von Freyberg-Eisenberg; four children.
• Prince Christoph of Bavaria (born 1962); married Countess Gudila von Plettenberg-Lenhausen; four children.
• Princess Gisela of Bavaria (born 1964); married Alexander, Margrave of Meissen; four children.

Later life

Rasso was a Grand Prior of the Bavarian Order of Saint George, Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Rasso of Bavaria

16. Ludwig I of Bavaria               8. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria                       17. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen               4. Ludwig III of Bavaria                             18. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany               9. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria                       19. Princess Maria Anna of Saxony               2. Prince Franz of Bavaria                                   20. Francis IV, Duke of Modena               10. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este                       21. Maria Beatrice of Savoy               5. Maria Theresa of Austria-Este                             22. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary               11. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria                       23. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg               1. Prince Rasso of Bavaria                                         24. Alfred, Duke de Croÿ               12. Rudolf, Duke de Croÿ                       25. Princess Eleonore of Salm-Salm               6. Karl Alfred, Duke de Croÿ                             26. Eugène, Prince de Ligne               13. Princess Natalie de Ligne                       27. Nathalie de Trazegnies               3. Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ                                   28. Prosper Louis, Duke of Arenberg               14. Engelbert, 8th Duke of Arenberg                       29. Princess Maria Ludmila of Lobkowicz               7. Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg                             30. Ernest, Prince d'Arenberg               15. Princess Éléonore d'Arenberg                       31. Princess Sophie of Auersperg

References

1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVIII. "Haus Bayern". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 9-11. (German) ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.

• Adalbert Prinz von Bayern. Die Wittelsbacher: Geschichte unserer Familie. München: Prestel Verlag, 1979.