Figure 1.--This portrait shows Prince Rupprecht's sons Luitpold and Albrecht with their new born brother Rudolf in 1909. Unfortunately some one has scribled on the card, but Luitpold and and Albrecht appear to be wearing matching outfits. |
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Prince Rupprecht married twice and had a total of ten children. The first in 1900 was to the Bavarian Maria Gabriele. They had four children. Several years after her death he married Princess Antoinette von Nassau, of Luxembourg in 1921. They had six children.
Prince Rupprecht's first marriage was to Maria Gabriele (1884-1912) of Bavaria. They married in 1900. Her father was Karl Theodor "Gackl"
(1839). Karl Theodor was a son of King Maximilian I Joseph, Bavaria's first king. Her mother was Maria Josepha of Portugal--de Bragança (1857). His sister in law was thus the Princess Elizabeth. Prince Rupprecht and Maria Gabriele had four children, only one of which survived to adulthood. The children were very elegantly dressed as boys in early 20th century. Their clothing looks much like that ofthe Belgian princes at about the same time. Notably the mother of the Belgian princes was Princess Elizabeth who was to become the queen of Belgium. 1) Luitpold was born in 1901. We have little information on Luitpold and his childhood. We do have several portraits of him and we thus know a lot about how he was dressed. His mother chose a variety of very fancy outfits. He died tragically in 1914. 2) Irmingard was born in 1902, but died as an infant in 1903. 3) Albrecht (Albert) was born in 1905 and became Duke of Bavaria in the geological line, although he never reigned. He married Countess Maria Draskovich at Berchetesgaden in 1930. 4) Rudolf was born in 1909. Rudolf died after only 3 years in 1912.
Prince Rupprecht after the death of his first wife and the end of World War I married again. He married Princess Antoinette von Nassau, of Luxembourg on April 6, 1921 at Schloss Honenburg, Lengries. They had six children: Henry (1922- ). Irmingard (1923- ), Editha (1924- ), Hilda (1926- ), Gabriele (1927- ), and Sophie (1935- ).
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