Antonie Barth, Baroness von Bartolf
Antonie von Bartolf, circa 1910–1915, Library of Congress[1]
Born
Barbara Antonie Barth

(1871-10-25)25 October 1871
Munich, German Empire[2]
Died23 May 1956(1956-05-23) (aged 84)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany[2]
Other namesAntonie von Bartolf
OccupationBallet prima donna
Spouses
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(m. 1892; div. 1913)​
    Georg Maximillian Mayr
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    (m. 1914)​

    Barbara Antonie Barth (1871–1956), was a member of the Munich ballet, who became Frau Antonie von Bartolf after she married Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, the brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.[3]

    Life

    Antonie was in Munich as the daughter of Ludwig Barth and his wife, Marie Clara Beyhl. She was ennobled by the Regent of Bavaria under the family name of Von Bartolf[4] and received the title Baroness von Bartolf.[5] They were married in Munich,[6] Bayern (Bavaria) on November 19, 1892[4][7] when she was the age of twenty-one and the duke was a sixty-one year old widower. The duke's first wife, Darmstadt actress Henrietta Mendel, died the previous year on November 12, 1891.[8][4] Bartolf and the duke were married for more than 20 years in what has been described as a "very happy marriage",[9] but beginning in 1906, the duke had declared his intention to marry Fraulein Tordek, a prima donna of the Munich royal opera house.[3][10] Bartolf left the duke in 1907 when she feared for her life. In 1909, when divorce proceedings began, Bartolf was said to have been physically abused, forced to participate in his cruel tricks, and treated "as a horse, a dog, and a goat and cheated her out of her pin money" by the duke during their marriage.[5] They divorced in July 1913 after Frau Bartolf gave birth to a daughter, Hélène[11] that the duke claimed was not his child.[8][9] Helena Mayr von Bartolf married Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe.[2]

    In 1914, Bartolf married Lieutenant Georg Maximillian Mayr (Maximilian Mayr, Max Mayer), who was formerly the duke's adjutant.[8] Antonie von Bartolf Mayr died in 1956.[11]

    References

    1. ↑ "Antonie V. Bartolf ca. 1910–1915". Bain News Service photograph collection, Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    2. 1 2 3 French Revolution Bankers Genocide. p. 114.
    3. 1 2 "Royal Divorce - Suit in Court". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. 1913-07-15. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    4. 1 2 3 "Duke Louis of Bavaria Married". Chicago Tribune. 1892-11-20. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    5. 1 2 "His Royal Highness - The World's Meanest Husband". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. 1913-07-27. p. 76. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    6. ↑ Reis And Rayyet. Vol. 11. 1892. p. 557.
    7. ↑ Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1966). Briefe Kaiser Franz Josephs an Kaiserin Elisabeth, 1859-1898. Wien ; Wien ; Munchen : Herold. p. 464.
    8. 1 2 3 "Duke's Ex-Wife Weds Aide: Divorced Woman Becomes the Bride of Former Husband's Ex-Adjutant". The La Harpe Enterprise. La Harpe, Kansas. 1914-09-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    9. 1 2 "Bavarian Duke, Age 38 [sic 83], Divorced from Ex-Dancer". Chicago Tribune. 1914-07-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    10. ↑ "Duke Ludwig". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 1906-08-19. p. 48. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    11. 1 2 Cannuyer, Christian (1989). Les maisons royales et souveraines d'Europe : la grande famille couronnée qui fit notre vieux continent. Paris : Brepols. p. 247. ISBN 978-2-503-50017-1.
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