Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)
Prince Adalbert was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Marriage
In Madrid on 25 August 1856, he married Infanta Amalia of Spain, sister of King Consort Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and sixth daughter and eleventh child of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. They had five children:- Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria ; married Infanta María de la Paz of Spain.
- Prince Alfons of Bavaria ; married Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon.
- Princess Isabella of Bavaria ; married Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa.
- Princess Elvira of Bavaria ; married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal.
- Princess Clara of Bavaria ; unmarried, 1109th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
Death
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 21 September 1875 in Munich and is buried in the crypt of Michaelskirche in Munich, Bavaria.Greek succession
It is often suggested that following his older brother Otto's death, Prince Adalbert became the heir presumptive to the throne of Greece. In fact, rights to the Greek succession were passed onto his other older brother Luitpold, who technically succeeded to the Greek throne in 1867. Due to the renunciation of all the rights to the Greek succession by King Ludwig III, at Luitpold's death the rights to the throne of Greece were inherited by his second son, Prince Leopold.However, if it is proven that all legitimate descendants of Luitpold are indeed extinct, Adalbert's male-line descendants could conceivably assume the claim to the throne of Greece.