Prince Konrad of Bavaria (; 22 November 1883 – 6 September 1969) was a member of the

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n Royal House of

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Early life

Konrad was born in

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. He was the youngest child of

Prince Leopold of Bavaria Prince Leopold of Bavaria (Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf; 9 February 1846 – 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the second son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825– ...

and his wife

Archduchess Gisela of Austria Archduchess Gisela Louise Marie of Austria (12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She became a Princess of Bavaria through her marria ...

. During

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, like his older brother

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, Konrad served in the

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mainly on the Eastern Front. He was promoted to

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on 10 September 1914.Bayerisches Kriegsministerium (Herausg.): ''Militär-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern'', Drucksachen-Verlag des Kriegsministeriums, Munich 1916 From 3 December 1917 until the end of the war, he served as commander of the 2nd Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria" (''Königlich Bayerisches 2. Schwere-Reiter-Regiment „Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este“''). He resigned from the military on 6 February 1919.

Marriage

On 8 January 1921 Prince Konrad married Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa, the daughter of Prince Tomaso of Savoy-Genoa and

Princess Isabella of Bavaria Princess Isabella of Bavaria (Marie Elisabeth Luise Amalie Elvire Blanche Eleonore; 31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924) was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wi ...

. The wedding took place at the Castello Agliè in

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, Italy. The couple had two children: *

Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria (; 15 December 1921 – 28 March 1985) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Biography Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria was born to Prince Konrad of Bavaria and Princess Bona Margherita ...

(15 December 1921 in

– 28 March 1985 in

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), married on 25 August 1949 in

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, Count Umberto Poletti-Galimberta, Count of Assandri (21 June 1921 in Milan – 18 February 1995 in Milan), son of Luciano Poletti and Adriana Galimberti. They have issue.Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. (French). *

Prince Eugen of Bavaria Prince Eugen of Bavaria () (16 July 1925 – 1 January 1997) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Early life Prince Eugen was born in Munich and was the only son of Prince Konrad of Bavaria and his wife Princess Maria B ...

(16 July 1925 in Munich – 1 January 1997 in

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), married Countess Helene of Khevenhüller-Metsch (4 April 1921 in

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– 25 December 2017 in

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), daughter of Count Franz of Khevenhüller-Metsch and Princess Anna of Fürstenberg. They have no issue.

Post World War II

At the end of the

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, Prince Konrad was arrested by the French military at

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, brought to

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and temporarily interned in the hotel ''Bayerischer Hof'', together with among others, the German Crown Prince Wilhelm and the former Nazi diplomat

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. Princess Bona who worked during the war as a nurse, stayed afterwards with her relatives in

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, prohibited from entering Germany, she was not reunited with her family until 1947. In the later years Prince Konrad worked on the Board of German auto-maker NSU.

Death

Prince Konrad of Bavaria died on 6 September 1969 at

in the

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region of Bavaria. He is buried at the Andechs Abbey cemetery in Bavaria.

Honours

Prince Konrad received the following orders and decorations:
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, Grand Prior (1905) ** Military Merit Order, 4th Class with Crown and Swords (31 October 1914) ''Kriegsrangliste des 2. Schweren Reiter-Regiments'', Bavarian State Archives, Department IV, War Archive, Kriegsranglisten und -stammrollen, 1914-1918, Munich ** Military Merit Order, 3rd Class with Swords (11 June 1918) ** Jubilee Medal for the Bavarian Army (2 March 1905) **

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of the Royal Bavarian 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment (''Königlich Bayerisches 1. Schwere-Reiter-Regiment „Prinz Karl von Bayern“'') * Duchy of Anhalt:

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: Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau **

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2nd Class (27 October 1914) ** Iron Cross 1st Class (17 July 1915) **

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, Knight 1st Class with Swords (11 February 1916) *

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: Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander 2nd Class with Swords (25 October 1918) *

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Foreign states

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(1907) **

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, 3rd Class with War Decoration (6 June 1916) Ferry W. von Péter: ''Verleihungen nichtbayerischer Orden und Ehrenzeichen an bayerische Militärangehörige 1914-1918'', Phaleristischer Verlag Autengruber & Hrdina GbR, Offenbach am Main 2001, p. 103 ** Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration (15 June 1915) **

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in Gold with Sabers (13 January 1916) ** War Medal (13 January 1916) * :

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, Honorary Grand Cross (21 August 1908) ''The London Gazette''
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Ancestry

References

Sources

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