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Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria 1808–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Dec 1808

Birth Location: Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria

Death Date: 15 Nov 1888

Death Location: Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Father: Duke prince

Mother: Amalie Arenberg

Spouse(s): Ludovika Bayern

Children(s): Elisabeth Croatia, Ludwig Bayern

The story of Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria began in 1808 in Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria. Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria married Ludovika Wilhelmine Von Bayern, and had children including Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie Sisi Wittelsbach Dynasty Empress Consort Of Austria Queen Consort Of Hungary Bohemia Dalmatia And Croatia, Ludwig Wilhelm In Bayern. Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria passed away in 1888 in Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria began in 1808 in Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria.
  • Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria married Ludovika Wilhelmine Von Bayern, and had children including Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie Sisi Wittelsbach Dynasty Empress Consort Of Austria Queen Consort Of Hungary Bohemia Dalmatia And Croatia, Ludwig Wilhelm In Bayern.
  • Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria passed away in 1888 in Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

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Duke Bavaria's Ancestors

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Duke Bavaria
1808–1888
Birth Place: Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria
Parents
Duke Pius August House of Wittelsbach, prince
1786–1837
Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria, Germany
Amalie (Luise von) Arenberg
1789–1823
Grandparents
Duke (Wilhelm House of Wittelsbach, of) Bavaria
1752–1837
Gelnhausen, Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen, Holy Roman Empire
Great-Grandparents
John Gelnhausen
1698–1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gelnhausen
1638–1704

Duke Bavaria's Descendants

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Duke (Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in) Bavaria (4 Dec 1808–15 Nov 1888) m. Ludovika (Wilhelmine von) Bayern (30 Aug 1808–26 Jan 1892)
  1. 1. Elisabeth (Amalie Eugenie 'Sisi' Wittelsbach dynasty, Empress consort of Austria, Queen consort of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, and) Croatia 1837–1898 m. Franz (Josef I Habsburg-Lorraine, Emperor of Austro-Hungarian Empire, King of Bohemia, President of the German) Confederation 1830–1916
    1. 1. Sophia (Habsburg, Princess of) Austria 1855–1857
    2. 2. Gisela (Habsburg, Archduchess of) Austria 1856–1932 m. Leopold (Maximilian Maria Arnulf von Bayern,) Prince 1846–1930
    3. 3. Rudolf (Habsburg, Crown Prince of) Austria 1858–1889
    4. 4. Marie ('Valerie' Mathilde Amalie Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary &) Bohemia 1868–1924 m. Franz (Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Karl Leopold Anton von Padua Johann Baptist Januarius Aloys Gonzaga Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of) Austria 1866–1939
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Ella Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia Habsburg Lorraine, Archduchess of) Austria 1892–1930 m. Georg (zu Zeil und Hohenems, Graf von) Waldburg 1878–1955
        1. 1. Klementine (Maria Hedwig Elisabeth Agnes Walburga Von Waldburg Zu Zeil Und) Trauchburg 1914–1941
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Hedwig Maria Franziska Walburga Xaveria Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und) Hohenems 1917–1979
      2. 2. Franz (Carl Salvator Marie Joseph Ignaz Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of) Austria 1893–1918
      3. 3. Hubert (Salvator Rainer Maria Joseph Ignatius Habsburg Lorraine, Archduke of) Austria 1894–1971 m. Rosemary (Friederike Isabella Eleonore Henriette Antonia) Salm 1904–2001
        1. 1. Valerie (Isabelle Marie Anna Alfonsa Desideria Brigitte Sophia Thomasia Huberta Josepha Ignatia Habsburg) Tuscany 1941–1999
      4. 4. Hedwig (Maria Immakulata Michaela Ignatia Habsburg Lorraine, Archduchess of) Austria 1896–1970
      5. 5. Theodor (Salvator Petrus Realinus Maria Josef Ignatius Habsburg Lorraine, Archduke of) Austria 1899–1978 m. Maria (Theresa Grafin von Waldburg zu Zeil und) Trauchburg 1901–1967
      6. 6. Clemens (Salvator Leopold Benedikt Antonius Maria Joseph Ignatius Altenburg, Archduke of Austria Count of) Altenburg 1904–1974 m. Elisabeth (Maria Thaddea Countess of Resseguier) Miremont 1905–2000
        1. 1. Peter (Frederik Christiaan Clemens Maria Leopold Joseph Mattheus Prince of Altenburg) Altenburg 1935–2008
  2. 2. Ludwig (Wilhelm in) Bayern 1831–1920

Duke Bavaria's Timeline

2 Records

1808
4 Dec 1808
Birth of Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria in Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria
Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria
1888
15 Nov 1888
Age 80
Death of Duke Maximilian Joseph House of Wittelsbach, Prince in Bavaria
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1808
    Event Place: Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1888

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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