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 GERMANY BAVARIA. i o i

II. BAVARIA.

(KoNIGREICH BAVERN.)

Reigning Sovereign and Family

Ludwig II., King of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, bora August 25, 1845, the son of King Maximilian II. and his consort, Queen Marie, daughter of the late Prince Wilhelm of Prussia ; succeeded to the throne at the death of his father, March 10 r 1864.

Brother of the King. — Prince Otto, born April 27, 1848.

Mother of the King. — Marie, Queen of Bavaria, bora October 15, 1825, second daughter of the late Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, uncle of King Wilhelm I. ; married to Prince Maximilian, heir-apparent of Bavaria, Oct. 12, 1842 ; widow, March 10, 1864.

Uncles and Aunts of the King. — 1. Prince Luitpold, born March 12, 1821, General in the Bavarian army ; married April 15, 1844, to Archduchess Augusta of Austria, who died April 26, 1864. Offspring of the union are three sons and one daughter, namely, Ludwig, born January 7, 1845, and married February 20, 1868, to Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, of the branch of Modena, born July 5, 1849 ; Leopold, bora February 9, 1846;. Theresa, born November 12, 1850 ; and Arnulph, born July 6, 1852. 2. Princess Adelgunda, born March 19, 1823; married March 30, 1842, to the Archduke of Austria-Este, late reigning Duke of Modena, Francisco V. 3. Princess Alexandra, bora August 26,. 1826. 4. Prince Adelbert, born July 19, 1828, Major-General in the Bavarian aj-my ; married August 25, 1856, to Princess Amalia, Infanta of Spain,. born October 12, 1834. Issue of the marriage are two sons and two daughters, namely, Ludwig Ferdinand, born October 22, 1859 ; Alfonso, bora January 24, 1862; Isabella, born August 31, 1863; and Elvira, born November 22, 1868.

Great-Uncles and Great-Aunts of the King. — 1. Empress Char- lotte, bora February 8, 1792; widow, since March 2, 1835, of the late Emperor Franz I. of Austria. 2. Prince Karl, born July 7, 1795, field-marshal in the Bavarian service; married, in 1808, to Mdlle. Bolley, who died in 1838 ; married, in second nuptials, May 11, 1859, to Mdlle. Henrietta von Frankenburg, who died April 20, 1866. 3. Queen Elisabeth, born November 13, 1801 ; widow, since Jan. 2, 1861, of the late King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia. The

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