Prince Adalbert of Bavaria

Prince Adalbert (Adalbert Wilhelm George Louis; Munich, 19 July 1828 – Nymphenburg Palace, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Marriage In Madrid on 25 August 1856, he married Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834–1905), sister of King Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and sixth daughter and eleventh child of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (a younger son of King Charles IV of Spain) and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children:

Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949); married Infanta María de la Paz of Spain. Prince Alfons of Bavaria (24 January 1862 – 8 January 1933); married Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon. Princess Isabella of Bavaria (31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924); married Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa. Princess Elvira of Bavaria (22 November 1868 – 1 April 1943); married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal. Princess Clara of Bavaria (11 October 1874 – 29 May 1941); unmarried, 1109th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

Death Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 (the same day as his sister Alexandra) in Munich and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.

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