Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria

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Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (German:Karl Theodor Maximilian August von Bayern) (born Munich, July 7, 1795; died Tegernsee, August 16, 1875) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the second son and fifth child of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-96).

Prince Karl joined the Bavarian Army and rose to be Field Marshal in 1841. At the age of 71, he commanded the Bavarian forces in the Austro-Prussian War with General Ludwig von der Tann. It was not a success, as troops under their command often found themselves in the wrong location, or were slaughtered by the Prussians. In one incident, the German Confederation Union Army 7th Corps received orders to join up with the retreating Hanoverian army at Hersfeld. Prince Karl did not know his allies' location and simply waited, until it was too late.

Prince Karl also resided in the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich.

Prince Karl married twice, both times morganatically:

• On October 1, 1823 - Marie Anna Sophie de Pétin (1796-1838) (created (1823) Baroness von Bayrstorff). They had three children :
  • Caroline Sophie, (1816-89)
  • Maximiliane Theodore, (1823-85)
  • Franziska Sophie, (1827-1912)

• On May 7, 1859 - Henriette Schoeller (1815-66). There were no children from this marriage.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria

16. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               8. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein               4. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken                             18. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               9. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       19. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               2. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                                   20. Theodore, Count Palatine of Sulzbach               10. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                       21. Marie Eleonore of Hessen-Rheinfels               5. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach                             22. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine               11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg                       23. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł               1. Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria                                         24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach               6. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. Johann Reinhard III, Prince of Hanau-Lichtenberg               13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       27. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach               3. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim               14. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim                       29. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg               7. Countess Marie Luise Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim                             30. Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim               15. Countess Katherine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim                       31. Countess Charlotte Sibylla of Ahlefeld

[edit] Sources

• Genealogy of the Wittelsbachs - [1]
• The Mad King - A Biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria by Greg King ISBN 1-85410-464-0