Figure 1.--Here is Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria with her grandchildren on the occassion of her 60th birthday. Prince Luitpold is hanging on to the tree with the girls at left. Prince Albrecht is to the right with his grandmother. Both boys wear tunic suits. We are not sure about the identity of the other children.

Crown Prince Rupprecht's mother was Maria Theresa of Habsburg-Lotharingen. Her father was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1821- ) and Archduchess Elisabeth Habsburg-Lotharingen (1831- ). Habsburg-Este or Austria-Este was a title and surname used by cadet branches of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to indicate a connection with the extinct Italian princely and feudal family of Este. They ruled the Italian principality of Modena. As a cadet or younger branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the Habsburg-Estes were accorded the rank of Archdukes and Archduchesses of Austria, Princes and Princesses of Hungary and Bohemia. Maria Theresa was born in 1849. She married Ludwig in 1868 well before his father had become Prince Regeant and there was no reason at the time to believe that Ludwig would become king. Ludwig became king as Ludwig III (1913). This made Maria Theresa queen. She died in 1919 at Schloss, Wildenwart.

Created: 7:09 PM 7/26/2008
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