Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in 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.

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.

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. 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. in Munich. The duke was forty years older than his bride, Bartolf left the duke in 1907 after years of physical and emotional abuse. They divorced in July 1913 after Frau von Bartolf gave birth to a daughter, Hélène that the duke claimed was not his child. The daughter of his (former) wife married Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Death In November 1920, Ludwig died

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