Who was crown prince rupprecht

by Scott Mehl
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Rupprecht was Crown Prince of Bavaria from until the end of the Bavarian monarchy in From his father’s death in , he became pretender to the former Bavarian throne, and Head of the House of Wittelsbach. Through his direct descent from King Charles I of England, he also became heir to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Jacobite Succession.

Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Bavaria, was born in Munich, then in the Kingdom of Bavaria, now in the German state of Bavaria, on May 18, , the eldest child of the future King Ludwig III of Bavaria and Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. He had 12 younger siblings:

• Princess Adelgunde () &#; married Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, no issue
• Princess Maria () &#; married Prince Ferdinando Pio of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria, had issue
• Prince Karl () &#; unmarried
• Prince Franz () &#; married Princess Isabella of Croÿ, had issue
• Princess Mathilde () &#; married Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, had issue
• Prince Wolfgang () &#; died in his teens
• Princess Hildegarde

  Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

  By Jonathan Boff

  Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria ()
  Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, heir to the Bavarian throne, was a senior German general on the Western Front and the commander of the Army Group “Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern”.
  German official photographer, n.d., n.p.
  IWM (Q ),

  Bavaria, Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand

  (Wittelsbach)

  aristocrat, army general

  Born 18 May in Munich, Germany

  Died 02 August in Leutstetten, Germany

  
  

  Summary

  Crown Prince Rupprecht was the heir to the Bavarian throne and one of Germany's most senior generals on the Western Front during the First World War.

  Rupprecht’s Significance

  Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria () is of particular importance to the political and military history of Germany and the Western Front during the First World War. As heir to the Bavarian throne, he enjoyed privileged access to decision-makers at the highest levels of German government and society and participated in, or at least observed, most of the major political and strategic debates of Further, as the commander of first an army, and then of an army group, on the Western Front from the war’s out

  Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria

  “In his hand, the marshal’s staff was more than just an ornament!” it was said of Bavaria’s heir to the throne, Crown Prince Rupprecht, who both served a Kaiser and frightened a future Nazi Führer.

  The noted German author Blohm referred to Rupprecht as “A man of simple tastes who was a great soldier and a powerful leader.” Even his testy battlefield superior and later critic Ludendorff said of Rupprecht that “He is a man who takes his rank and his military task very seriously. With the help of his General Staff, he was able to master its demands the way a great leader should.”

  Bongard described Rupprecht as “A man of imposing features and presence … without doubt the ablest and most professional of the three German Princely army group commanders…”

  Nor was Rupprecht afraid to speak his mind in the highest circles of government, and also at general headquarters, as when, in , he warned, “Return Poland to Russia, or we will lose the war!”

  Indeed, even by the autumn of , he was advocating “A peace without victory” and “The renunciation of all conquests, to gain a peace of understanding,” thus revealing a bent for statesmanship even after he

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