Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria
Prince Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria ; and grand prior of the order of Malta, was a Bavarian soldier.
Early life
Charles was born in Munich on 7 July 1795. He was the second son of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his first wife Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.Career
Charles fought against Napoleon at the Battle of Hanau in 1813, became a general of division, and took part in the Campaign of 1814. His differences with Prince Wrede led to his retirement from 1822 till some time after the latter's death in 1838, when his brother King Ludwig I of Bavaria appointed him field marshal and general inspector of the army. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, he was commander-in-chief of the 7th and 8th corps of the Bavarian Army, being allied with Austria. His troops, some 52,000 men, served in the Main Campaign. Afterwards he retired from public service.Personal life
On 1 October 1823 he morganatically married, who was created Baroness von Bayrstorff upon their marriage. She was a daughter of Franz Moritz Petin, Captain in the Bavarian Army, and Baroness Maria Theodora von Branca. Before her death at Tegernsee in 1838, they were the parents of three daughters:- Caroline Sophie von Bayrstorff, who married Adolf, Baron von Gumppenberg in 1834.
- Maximiliane Theodora von Bayrstorff, who married August, Count von Drechsel zu Deufstetten, in 1841.
- Franziska Sophie von Bayrstorff, who married Portuguese-Brazilian nobleman in 1845.