Prince Georg of Bavaria
Prince Georg | |
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Campo Santo Teutonico, Rome | |
Spouse | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Prince Leopold of Bavaria |
Mother | Archduchess Gisela of Austria |
Prince Georg of Bavaria
Birth and family
Georg was born in Munich, Bavaria, the elder son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Gisela of Austria. The New York Times described him as the favourite grandson of both the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and the Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria.[2]
Military career
Georg entered the Bavarian army as a Second Lieutenant (German: Leutnant) a day before his 17th birthday on 1 April 1897; he was assigned to
While in the army, he became a champion boxer.Marriage
In December 1911, Georg became engaged to
The couple honeymooned in Wales, Paris, and Algiers,[5] but separated before the end of the honeymoon. There were several unsuccessful attempts at reconciliation. On 17 January 1913, the union was dissolved by the Royal Bavarian Supreme Court; on 5 March 1913, the union was annulled by the Holy See on the grounds of non-consummation.[6]
World War I
During World War I, Georg fought both on the Western Front (including the First Battle of Arras and the First Battle of Ypres) and on the Eastern Front. He started the war as commander of the Bavarian mechanized troops and eventually served under General Erich von Falkenhayn in Palestine. He was awarded both the I and II Class of the Iron Cross and on 14 December 1917 reached the rank of Colonel (German: Oberst).
Ecclesiastical career
In 1919, Georg resigned his military commission and began studying theology in
On 18 November 1926,
Throughout his time in Rome, Georg lived at Villa San Francesco with the
On 31 May 1943, Georg died at Villa San Francesco. One source says that he had been ill for some time.
Greek succession
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A few writers (e.g. Martha Schad [19][page needed]) maintain that after the death of his father in 1930, Georg became the successor to the Greek rights of his great-uncle King Otto of Greece who was deposed in 1862. Georg's uncle Ludwig and his descendants were more senior, but Ludwig had renounced his Greek rights in 1869. However, the Greek Constitution of 1844 required that the successor of King Otto "shall profess the Greek Orthodox religion."[20]
Honours and awards
Prince Georg was President of the Royal Automobile Club of Bavaria (Königlich Bayerischer Automobil-Club).[21] In 1911 he became Protector of the Bavarian branch of the German Navy League.[22] In 1929 he became a member of the Archconfraternity of the Suffering Mother of God in the Campo Santo Teutonico.[11]
In 1933 a portrait bust of Georg was sculpted by Arno Breker.[23]
Orders and decorations[24]
- Kingdom of Bavaria:[25]
- Austria-Hungary:[26]
- Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1900
- Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1912
- Tuscan Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of St. Joseph, 1901
- Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Star of Romania, 1902
- Korean Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Plum Blossoms, 1903
- Qing dynasty: Order of the Double Dragon, Class I Grade II, 1903
- Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 16 May 1905[27]
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, 1906
- Siam: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 15 November 1906[28]
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1907
- Spain: Knight of the Military Order of Our Lady of Monteza, 1907
- Grand Cross of St. Alexander, 1908
- Ottoman Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of Glory, 1908
- Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 1910[29]
- Cross of the Mount of Olives, 1910
- Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class, 1914; 1st Class, 1915
- Two Sicilies: Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order of St. George, with Collar
- United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 21 August 1908[30]
Ancestry
Notes
- Prinzessin.
- ^ "Mgr. Prince George of Bavaria Was 63", New York Times (June 2, 1943): 25.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique, et statistique 1910 (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1910), 15.
- ^ "Forthcoming Marriages", The Times (December 12, 1911): 11.
- ^ Martha Schad, Kaiserin Elisabeth und ihre Töchter (München: Langen Müller, 1998), 37.
- ^ Albrecht Weiland, Der Campo Santo Teutonico in Rom und Seine Grabdenmäler (Rome: Herder, 1988), 185.
- ^ Weiland, 185-186.
- ^ Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900–1949
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 18 (1 decembris 1926): 510.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 33 (23 decembris 1941): 520.
- ^ a b Weiland, 186.
- ^ Luciano Regolo, La regina incompresa: tutto il racconto della vita di Maria José di Savoia (Milano: Simonelli, 1997), 414.
- ^ Begoña Aranguren, Emanuela de Dampierre, Memorias: Esposa y madre de los Borbones que pudieron reinar en España (Madrid: Esfera, 2003), 105.
- ^ Paolo Bardi, Roma Piemontese (1870-1876) (Rome: Bardi, 1970), 123.
- ^ "La morte di Mons. Giorgio di Baviera", Osservatore Romano (2 giugno, 1943): 2.
- ^ Schad, 37.
- ^ Weiland, 185, which includes a description of his tombstone.
- ^ Bill Pepper Curtis, An Artist and the Pope (New York: Madison Square Press, 1968), 120.
- ^ Martha Schad, Kaiserin Elisabeth und ihre Töchter (München: Langen Müller, 1998)
- ^ Charles A. Frazee, The Orthodox Church and Independent Greece, 1821-1852 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1969): 162.
- ^ Royal Automobile Club Year Book 1912 (London: Royal Automobile Club, 1912), 188.
- ^ "German Navy League", The Times (May 4, 1911): 5.
- ^ Dominique Egret, Arno Breker: Ein Leben für das Schöne (Tübingen: Grabert, 1996), no. 82.
- OCLC 163144588)
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" pp. 7, 11
- ^ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, pp. 50, 56, retrieved 20 July 2020
- ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 150.
- Royal Thai Government Gazette (25 November 1906). "พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-08.)
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- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28170, p. 6145
Bibliography
- Marriage. Wiener Zeitung, February 11, 1912, p. 1.
- "The Austro-Bavarian Marriage", The Times, February 10, 1912, p. 5.
- "The Austro-Bavarian Marriage", The Times, February 12, 1912, p. 5.
- "Prince and Bride Part", New York Times, September 20, 1912, p. 4.
- "Prince's Marriage Voided", New York Times, October 7, 1912, p. 1.
- "Won't Annul Marriage", New York Times, October 12, 1912, p. 4.
- "Princess Seeks Divorce", New York Times, November 5, 1912, p. 8.
- "Royal Marriage Has Been Dissolved", New York Times, January 18, 1913, p. 3.
- "Prince George of Bavaria", The Times, January 18, 1913, p. 5.
- "Dissolution of a Royal Marriage", The Times, April 28, 1913, p. 5.
- "Mgr. Prince George of Bavaria Was 63". New York Times, June 2, 1943, p. 25.
- Schad, Martha. Kaiserin Elisabeth und ihre Töchter. München: Langen Müller, 1998.