Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ

Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ (24 October 1890 – 30 March 1982) was a member of the princely House of Croÿ and, by marriage to Prince Franz of Bavaria, a princess of the House of Wittelsbach.

Early life Princess Isabella Antonie was born at Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria the eldest daughter of Karl Alfred, 12th Duke of Croÿ, and Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg. Her family belonged to the House of Croÿ, a mediatised noble house of the Holy Roman Empire.

Marriage and family On 8 July 1912, Isabella Antonie married Prince Franz of Bavaria, the third son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria.The wedding took place at the Schloss Weilburg in Baden near Vienna, Austria-Hungary.The marriage produced six children:

Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008); married Princess Irmingard of Bavaria and had issue. Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (1914–2011); married Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and had issue. Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1917–2004); married Baron Gottfried von Hoenning O'Carroll and had issue. Princess Eleonore Therese of Bavaria (1918–2009); married Count Konstantin of Waldburg-Zeil and had issue. Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920–2015); married Archduke Gottfried of Austria and had issue. Prince Rasso of Bavaria (1926–2011); married Archduchess Theresa of Austria and had issue.

Later life

Following the fall of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1918, Isabella Antonie lived with her family at Schloss Leutstetten. She remained a prominent figure within the Wittelsbach family until her death in Starnberg at the age of 91. She was interred at St. Michael's Church, Munich

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