Prince Konstantin of Bavaria
| Prince Konstantin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 August 1920 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 30 July 1969 (aged 48) plane crash near Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Burial | Andechs Abbey cemetery, Andechs, Bavaria |
| Spouse |
Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (m. 1942; div. 1948) Countess Helene von Khevenhüller-Metsch (m. 1953) |
| Issue |
Prince Leopold Prince Adalbert Princess Ysabel |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Prince Adalbert of Bavaria |
| Mother | Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim |
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (German: Konstantin Leopold Ludwig Adalbert Georg Thadeus Josef Petrus Johannes Antonius Franz von Assisi Assumption et omnes sancti Prinz von Bayern) (15 August 1920 – 30 July 1969) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, journalist, author and a German politician.
Konstantin was born in Munich, Bavaria. He was the eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wife Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim.
In 1939, as most young German men of his age, the Prince was drafted to the military. However, his career in the German Army was short lived. In 1941, Prince Konstantin was relieved from all combat duties as a result of the so called Prinzenerlass and a year later started studying law at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau. After his graduation in 1944, he worked at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, but was arrested, as were most of his relatives, after the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remained imprisoned for the rest of World War II.
After the war Prince Konstantin began working as a journalist at the Neu Revue magazine,Süddeutsche Zeitung and later on for the popular German magazine Bunte. In addition, in 1958 he published a biography of Pope Pius XII entitled Der Papst and three years later a historical reference book Ohne Macht und Herrlichkeit. He also became a member of the Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern, one of the biggest political parties in Bavaria and was elected to the Bavarian state parliament in 1962 and in 1965 to the Bundestag.
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