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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.
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 must have worn dresses as a younger child, although we do not have portraits conforming this. He wore satin suits with kneepants. He also wore a knickers suit with lace collar. Quite a number outfits show him wearing large lace collars. There were also sailor suits. These appear to be some of the few long pants outfits that he wore. Often the outfits were coordinated with those of his brother Albrecht. There were also Bavarian folk cotumes. Luitpold died in 1914. I'm not sure what the circumstances were of his early death.
Irmingard was born in 1902, but died as an infant in 1903.
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. (This was apparently before Hitler had his retreat there.) They had four children: Marie (1931- ), Marie Charlotte (1931- ), Franz (1933- ), Max Emanuel, Duke of Bavaria (1937- ). We are not sure what happened to Franz, Max Emanuel became the heritary duke.
Rudolf was born in 1909. Rudolf died in 1912 before he was even 3 years old. Available images show Rudolf weaing dresses. I do not believe he had been yet breached when he died. We do not know the circumstnces of his death. His mother died only a few years later.
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