Franz, Duke of Bavaria
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| Duke of Bavaria | |
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| Head of the House of Wittelsbach | |
| Period | 8 July 1996 – present |
| Predecessor | Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria |
| Heir presumptive | Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria |
| Born |
14 July 1933 Munich, German Reich |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria |
| Mother | Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Bavarian royal family |
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HRH The Duke of Bavaria HRH The Duke in Bavaria
HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg Extended family members
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HRH The Duke of Bavaria
HRH The Duke in Bavaria
HRH The Duchess in Bavaria
HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg
HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Croÿ
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Arenberg
HRH Princess Helene
Franz, Duke of Bavaria (German: Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern), born 14 July 1933) is head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria until deposed in 1918.
Franz was born in Munich. During the Second World War, the Wittelsbachs were anti-Nazi. The family initially left Nazi Germany for Hungary but were eventually arrested when Franz was aged 11. He spent time in several Nazi concentration camps, including Oranienburg and Dachau.
After the war, he was a student at the University of Munich and became a collector of modern art.
Franz succeeded as head of the House of Wittelsbach, and as pretender to the Bavarian throne, on the death of his father in 1996. He lives at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Franz is not married.
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