He was the second son of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his first wife Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Married morganatically Marie Petin, for whom he had this mausoleum built. He was a Bavarian Military Field Marshall, but lost his rights to the throne because of his love for Marie. They had three daughters, who he created countesses in 1841.
He had no children with his second wife, the widow Henriette Schรถller, a former actress.
He died in a riding accident.
He was the second son of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his first wife Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Married morganatically Marie Petin, for whom he had this mausoleum built. He was a Bavarian Military Field Marshall, but lost his rights to the throne because of his love for Marie. They had three daughters, who he created countesses in 1841.
He had no children with his second wife, the widow Henriette Schรถller, a former actress.
He died in a riding accident.
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Ludwig I. von Bayern
1786–1868
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Ludwig I von Bayern
1786–1868
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Auguste Amalia Ludovika von Bayern
1788–1851
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Amalie Marie Auguste von Bayern
1790–1794
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Karoline Charlotte Auguste von Bayern
1792–1873
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Stillborn Son von Wittelsbach
1799–1799
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Maximilian Joseph Karl Friedrich von Wittelsbach
1800–1803
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Elisabeth Luise of Bavaria
1801–1873
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Amalia Augusta von Bayern
1801–1877
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Maria Leopoldina von Bayern
1805–1877
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Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine of Bavaria
1805–1872
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Ludovika Wilhelmine von Bayern
1808–1892
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Maximiliane Josepha Karoline von Wittelsbach
1810–1821
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