Nicolas de Leuchtenberg

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Nicolas de Leuchtenberg
Beauharnais
Spouse(s)Anne Christine Bügge
IssueNikolaus Maximilian de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg
Konstantin Alexander Peter de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg
FatherNikolai Nikolaievich, Duke of Leuchtenberg
MotherElisabeth Müller-Himmler

Nicolas de Leuchtenberg (Nikolaus Alexander Fritz de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg; born 12 October 1933, Munich) is a claimant to the Dukedom of Leuchtenberg.[1]

Family

He is the son of

Bavaria, Germany, 5 May 1937).[2]

Marriage and issue

On 24 August 1962, he married Anne Christine Bügge (born

], on 24 August 1962 and divorced in 1985, daughter of Gustav Bügge and wife Dorothea Arnold, with whom he had two sons:

Biography

Born in 1933, Nicolas lives in Sankt Augustin, near Bonn.[2] He has a long career as an audio engineer in German television.[1][2]

After the death without issue of

ducal title.[2]

From 2010s onwards, Nicolas has participated in several commemorations of the installation of his family in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814.[3][4][5][6] In 2013, he celebrated his 80th birthday at Eichstätt, the capital of the principality of his ancestors.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Ettle, Elmar. « Hoher Besuch in Kipfenberg », Donaukurier, 9 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Belyakova, Zoia. Honour and fidelity: the Russian Dukes of Leuchtenberg, Logos Publisher, 2010, pp. 18-75, 109-112.
  3. ^ « Startseit », sur Freundeskreis Leuchteberg (accessed 25 August 2017)
  4. ^ Wermuth, Josef « Besuch vom Fürstenhaus », Donaukurier, 15 December 2016.
  5. ^ « Herzog von Leuchtenberg zu Gast im Gutshaus Jasebeck », Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung, 27 May 2016.
  6. ^ « Ein ganz besonderer Tag für Seeon », Oberbayerisches Volksblatt, 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ Schönwetter, Josef. « Am Fürstensitz der Urahnen », Donaukurier, 16 October 2013.

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Nicolas de Leuchtenberg
House of Beauharnais
Born: 12 October 1933
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Duke of Leuchtenberg
(nominal in Russia;
see Heirs since 1974)

1974 – Present
Incumbent
Heir:
Constantin
— TITULAR —
Grand Duke of Frankfurt
1974 – Present
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1813