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George of Bavaria referred to as the Rich (15 August 1455 in Burghausen, Bavaria – 1 December 1503 in Ingolstadt), (German: Georg, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut) was the last duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of Louis IX the Rich and Amalia of Saxony.
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The emperor consequently dispossessed the duke and gave his...
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Jorge el Rico, duque de Baviera-Landshut (15 de agosto de 1455 - Ingolstadt, 1 de diciembre de 1503), (en alemán: Georg, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut) fue, desde 1479, el último duque de Baviera - Landshut. Era uno de los hijos de Luis IX el Rico y Amalia de Sajonia. Pertenece a la casa de Wittelsbach .
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Franz was born on 14 July 1933 in Munich, as the third child and elder son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and his first wife, Countess Maria (Marita) Draskovich of Trakostjan, member of the House of Drašković, an old Croatian noble family. As Maria's family didn't belong to the small circle of reigning or former reigning families, his parents' marri...
Franz developed a passion for modern art and started to collect contemporary German art. He brought his own important art collection with early works by Joseph Beuys, Georg Baselitz and Blinky Palermo as well as numerous contemporary German painters such as Jörg Immendorff and Sigmar Polke on permanent loan to the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, ...
The respective head of the House of Wittelsbach appoints the board of directors of the foundation Wittelsbach Compensation Fund, into which most of the possessions from the former Wittelsbach House Property Fund were transferred in 1923, including art treasures and collections (in particular the art collection of King Ludwig I, today mostly in the ...
Franz has had a life partner since 1980, Thomas Greinwald, although they have never married. In August 2011, the duke appeared at Prince George Frederick of Prussia's wedding, accompanied by Greinwald and his first cousin once removed – and future heir – Prince Ludwig. They first appeared publicly as a couple in Munich in 2023. The heir presumptive...
Titles and styles
Franz is traditionally styled as His Royal Highness the Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Franz was styled Prinz von Bayern at birth. In 1996, after the death of his father, he changed his style to Herzog von Bayern('Duke of Bavaria').
Honours
1. Germany: Commander's cross (Großes Verdienstkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2. Vatican: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre 3. Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Protector Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Obedience of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1st Class 4. Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit 5. Romania: Knight Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit 6. House of Habsburg: Knigh...
Prince Georg of Bavaria (German: Georg Franz Joseph Luitpold Maria Prinz von Bayern; 2 April 1880 – 31 May 1943) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Catholic priest. Birth and family [ edit ]
Francisco Buenaventura Adalberto María —duque de Baviera— ( Múnich, Alemania, 14 de julio de 1933), llamado Su Alteza Real el duque de Baviera, es el jefe de la casa real de Wittelsbach, la última familia reinante del Reino de Baviera.
Duke in Bavaria ( German: Herzog in Bayern) was a title used among others since 1506, when primogeniture was established [citation needed], by all members of the House of Wittelsbach, with the exception of the Duke of Bavaria which began to be a unique position.
