Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
| Albrecht | |
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| Duke of Bavaria | |
Albrecht with his younger half-brother, Prince Heinrich, in 1922.
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| Head of the House of Wittelsbach | |
| Tenure | 2 August 1955 – 8 July 1996 |
| Born |
3 May 1905 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 8 July 1996 (aged 91) Berg Castle, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Burial | Wittelsbach cemetery, Andechs Abbey, Bavaria |
| Spouse |
Countess Maria Draskovich de Trakostjan Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich de Buzin |
| Issue | Princess Marie Gabrielle Antonia José Princess Marie Charlotte Juliana Franz, Duke of Bavaria Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria |
| Mother | Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria |
Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria (3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996), was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only surviving child from that marriage. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last King of Bavaria, who was deposed in 1918.
Following the First World War, Albrecht's grandfather King Ludwig was deposed. Albrecht and the family moved from Bavaria to the Austrian Tyrol.
Prior to the Second World War, his family, the House of Wittelsbach, were opposed to the regime of Nazi Germany and refused to join the Nazi Party. The decision meant that Prince Albrecht, who had been studying forestry, was unable to complete his studies. In 1940 Albrecht took his family to his estate at Sárvár, Vas, Hungary. In October 1944, after Germany had occupied Hungary in March, the Wittelsbachs were arrested and imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp at Oranienburg, Brandenburg. In April 1945 they were moved to the Dachau concentration camp, where they were liberated by the United States Army.
Albrecht became head of the deposed royal family of Bavaria with the death of his father on 2 August 1955. As the eldest son of the eldest son of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849-1919), recognized by Jacobites as "Queen Mary IV (of England) and III (of Scotland)", he was also the dynastic representative and heir-general of England, Scotland and Ireland's last Stuart king, James II and VII, deposed in 1688.
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