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Ludwig Wilhelm (21 June 1831 – 6 November 1920) was a Duke in Bavaria and official head of the ducal branch of the House of Wittelsbach.
On 18 March 1965 Duke Ludwig Wilhelm adopted Prince Max of Bavaria, the second son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and the grandson of Ludwig Wilhelm's sister Marie Gabrielle. From this point onwards Max has used the surname "Herzog in Bayern" in place of the surname "Prinz von Bayern".
Ludwig Wilhelm was the eldest child of Maximilian, Herzog in Bayern (Duke in Bavaria) and his wife Ludovika, Prinzessin von Bayern (Princess of Bavaria), both from different branches of the Wittelsbach dynasty. Ludwig was born 21 June 1831 at München (Munich) in Bavaria.
- June 21, 1831
- November 6, 1920
Ludwig Wilhelm (21 June 1831 – 6 November 1920) was a Duke in Bavaria and official head of the ducal branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria has received more than 44,325 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia.
Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, full German name: Wilhelm, Herzog in Bayern (born 10 November 1752 in Gelnhausen, Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen; died 8 January 1837 in Landshut or Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria) was Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen between 1789 and 1799 and first Duke in Bavaria from 16 February 1799 until his death in 1837.
Photographic portrait in full length of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria. The subject is shown standing in three quarter view, facing towards the right of the image. The subject's dark, wavy hair is worn in a side parting and he has a handlebar moustache.
1 reference. WeRelate person ID. Ludwig_Wilhelm,_Duke_in_Bavaria_ (1) 0 references. WikiTree person ID. Wittelsbach-131. subject named as. Ludwig Wilhelm in Bayern (Wittelsbach) (21 Jun 1831 - certain 6 Nov 1920) 0 references.
