Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958)
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Heinrich held by his older Half-brother, Prince Albrecht, in 1922
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| Born | 28 March 1922 Schloss Hohenburg near Lenggries, Bavaria |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina |
| Burial | Andechs Abbey cemetery, Bavaria |
| Spouse | Anne Marie de Lustrac |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria |
| Mother | Princess Antonia of Luxembourg |
Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (German: Heinrich Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Bayern) (28 March 1922 – 14 February 1958) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.
Prince Heinrich was born at Schloss Hohenburg in Bavaria and was the eldest son from the second marriage of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and his wife Princess Antonia of Luxembourg. On 31 July 1951 Prince Heinrich married Anne Marie de Lustrac, the daughter of Baron Jean de Lustrac and his wife Helen Reid. The ceremony took place in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on the Basque coast in France. The couple did not have any children together.
The prince was a Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert. He died in a car accident in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina in the Andes on 14 February 1958. He is buried at the Andechs Abbey church in Bavaria. Prince Heinrich's widow, Anne Marie de Lustrac, died also in a car crash in Milan, Italy on 16 August 1999.
References
- Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
- The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. C. Arnold McNaughton, in 3 volumes. London, U.K. Garnstone Press, 1973, volume 1
