Rupprecht | |
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Crown Prince of Bavaria | |
Head of the House of Wittelsbach | |
Tenure | 18 October 1921 – 2 August 1955 |
Predecessor | Ludwig III |
Successor | Albrecht |
Born | Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria | 18 May 1869
Died | 2 August 1955 Schloß Leutstetten, Starnberg, Free State of Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 86)
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House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Ludwig III of Bavaria |
Mother | Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este |
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne. During the first half of World War I, he commanded the 6th Army on the Western Front. From August 1916, he commanded Army Group Rupprecht of Bavaria, which occupied the sector of the front opposite the British Expeditionary Force.