Prince Rasso | |||||
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Prince Rasso of Bavaria | |||||
Born |
Schloss Leutstetten, Leutstetten, Bavaria, Germany |
24 May 1926||||
Died | 12 September 2011 | (aged 85)||||
Spouse | Archduchess Theresa of Austria (m. 1955) | ||||
Issue | Princess Maria-Theresia Prince Franz-Josef Princess Elisabeth Prince Wolfgang Princess Benedikta Prince Christoph Princess Gisela |
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House | Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Prince Franz of Bavaria | ||||
Mother | Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ |
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German: Rasso Maximilian Rupprecht |
Prince Rasso of Bavaria (German: Rasso Maximilian Rupprecht Prinz von Bayern) (24 May 1926 – 12 September 2011) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.
Rasso was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He was the second son, and the youngest child, of Prince Franz of Bavaria and his wife Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ.
On 17 October 1955 Rasso married Archduchess Theresa of Austria, the daughter of Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria and Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg. The wedding took place at Wallsee Castle in Wallsee-Sindelburg, Lower Austria. The couple had seven children:
Rasso was a Grand Prior of the Bavarian Order of Saint George, Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.