Ludwig Wilhelm
Duke in Bavaria
Born(1831-06-21)21 June 1831
Munich, Bavaria
Died6 November 1920(1920-11-06) (aged 89)
Munich, Weimar Republic
Burial
Ostfriedhof, Munich
Spouse
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(m. 1859; died 1891)​
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    (m. 1892; div. 1913)​
    IssueCountess Marie Larisch von Moennich
    Karl Emanuel, Baron von Wallersee
    HouseWittelsbach
    FatherDuke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
    MotherPrincess Ludovika of Bavaria

    Ludwig Wilhelm (21 June 1831 – 6 November 1920) was a Duke in Bavaria and official head of the ducal branch of the House of Wittelsbach.[1][2]

    Biography

    Ludwig Wilhelm (often called Louis) was the eldest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, and was the brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.[3]

    He pursued a career in the Royal Bavarian Army, becoming a major in the 1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia" and rising to the rank of General of the Cavalry by 1859.[1]

    Relationships and issue

    He renounced his rights as firstborn when he entered into a morganatic marriage to the actress Henriette Mendel, who was created Baroness von Wallersee on their marriage.[1][4] Louis became father in 1858 of a daughter Marie Louise Mendel, who, as Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee ("jene Gräfin Larisch"), was later involved in the Mayerling Incident. In 1859 his son Karl Emanuel was born but died shortly after.

    Henriette died on November 12, 1891.[2][5]

    Louis married a second time to ballet prima donna Antonie Barth, on November 19, 1892[5][6] in Munich.[7] The duke was forty years older than his bride,[2][5] and was not accepted into the duke's family as graciously as his first wife.[1] She was created Baroness von Bartolf.[8] In 1906, the duke had declared his intention to marry Fraulein Tordek, a prima donna of the Munich royal opera house.[3][9] Bartolf left the duke in 1907 after years of physical and emotional abuse.[8] They divorced in July 1913 after Frau Bartolf gave birth to a daughter, Hélène[10] that the duke claimed was not his child.[2][11]

    Death

    In November 1920, Ludwig died[1] of a cardiac arrest-induced stroke and is buried in Munich's Ostfriedhof.

    Honours

    He received the following orders and decorations:[12]

    Ancestry

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aged Duke Ludwig of Bavaria Dead". The New York Times. 1920-11-11. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "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.
    3. 1 2 "Royal Divorce - Suit in Court". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. 1913-07-15. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    4. ↑ "Mendel, Henriette." 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.
    5. 1 2 3 "Duke Louis of Bavaria Married". Chicago Tribune. 1892-11-20. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    6. ↑ Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1966). Briefe Kaiser Franz Josephs an Kaiserin Elisabeth, 1859-1898. Wien ; Wien ; Munchen : Herold. p. 464.
    7. ↑ Reis And Rayyet. Vol. 11. 1892. p. 557.
    8. 1 2 "His Royal Highness - The World's Meanest Husband". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. 1913-07-27. p. 76. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    9. ↑ "Duke Ludwig". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 1906-08-19. p. 48. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    10. ↑ 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.
    11. ↑ "Bavarian Duke, Age 38 [sic 83], Divorced from Ex-Dancer". Chicago Tribune. 1914-07-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
    12. ↑ Hof- und - Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1908), "Landtag des Königreiches: Mitglieder der Kammer der Reichsräte", p. 157
    13. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden", p. 40
    14. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 10
    15. ↑ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, pp. 50, 54, retrieved 6 April 2021
    16. ↑ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1873. Heinrich. 1873. p. 3.
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