Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria explained

Full Name:German: Karl Theodor Maximilian August
English: Charles Theodore Maximilian Augustus
House:Wittelsbach
Father:Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Mother:Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
Birth Date:7 July 1795
Birth Place:Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Death Place:Tegernsee, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire

Prince Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria (7 July 1795  - 16 August 1875); and grand prior of the order of Malta, was a Bavarian soldier.

Early life

Charles was born in Munich on 7 July 1795. He was the second son of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his first wife Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Career

Charles fought against Napoleon at the Battle of Hanau in 1813, became a general of division, and took part in the Campaign of 1814. His differences with Prince Wrede led to his retirement from 1822 till some time after the latter's death in 1838, when his brother King Ludwig I of Bavaria appointed him field marshal and general inspector of the army. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, he was commander-in-chief of the 7th and 8th corps of the Bavarian Army, being allied with Austria. His troops, some 52,000 men, served in the Main Campaign.[1] Afterwards he retired from public service.

Personal life

He married, morganatically, on 1 October 1823 with Marie-Anne-Sophie Petin (27 July 1796, Neuburg – 22 February 1838, Munich), who was created Baroness von Bayrstorff upon their marriage.[2] She was a daughter of Franz Moritz Petin, Captain in the Bavarian Army, and Baroness Maria Theodora von Branca. Before her death at Tegernsee in 1838, they were the parents of three daughters:[3]

Prince Karl fell from his horse while riding at Tegernsee in Bavaria on 16 August 1875 and was killed instantly.[5]

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter, he was a grandfather of Maximiliane, Baroness von Gumppenberg (1850–1937),[6] who married Count Maximilian von Holnstein, a close friend of King Ludwig II who brought Ludwig's "Kaiserbrief" to Otto von Bismarck.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Wagner, Arthur Lockwood. The Campaign of Königgrätz: A Study of the Austro-Prussian Conflict in the Light of the American Civil War. 1889. Fort Leavenworth. 15. en.
  2. Book: Ehrlich . Anna . Bauer . Christa . Erzherzogin Sophie: Die starke Frau am Wiener Hof. Franz Josephs Mutter, Sisis Schwiegermutter . 28 January 2016 . Amalthea Signum Verlag . 978-3-903083-10-3 . 21 . 22 April 2022 . de.
  3. Book: Minkels . Dorothea . Briefwechsel des Königspaares Band 3: Friedrich Wilhelm & Elisabeth von Preussen / 1844-1845 Der Industrie- und Kunstförderer & Protektorin sozialer Einrichtungen . 14 January 2020 . BoD – Books on Demand . 978-3-7494-0294-6 . 412 . 22 April 2022 . de.
  4. Book: Montgomery-Massingberd . Hugh . Burke's Royal Families of the World . 1977 . Burke's Peerage . 978-0-85011-029-6 . 153 . 22 April 2022 . en.
  5. News: DEATH OF PRINCE CHARLES OF BAVARIA . 22 April 2022 . . 17 August 1875 . 5.
  6. Book: Ripley . George . Dana . Charles A. . The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Vol. 13 . 1879 . 309 . WENTWORTH Press . 9781360210124 . 19 April 2022.
  7. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . Raineval . Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and . The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Burke's Peerage . 978-0-85011-028-9 . 793 . 19 April 2022 . en.
  8. News: Bayerischer Kurier: 1877,9/12 . 19 April 2022 . Bayerischer Kurier . Lentner . 1877 . de.

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