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Franz
Maria Luitpold Prinz von Bayern, K.H.
(10.10.1875 -25.01.1957)
place of birth: Gut Samerhof bei
Schloss Leutstetten (Bavaria)
Königreich
Bayern: Prinz, Div-Kdr,
Generalmajor
Prince
Franz of Bavaria served as a brigade- and division-level
commander during the Great War. He was the third son of King Ludwig III
of Bavaria and thus a prince in the House of Wittelsbach. Serving as a
regimental commander on the Western Front at war's outbreak, Prince
Franz was wounded at Vermandovilers. Upon promotion
to brigade command, he led troops at Fort Douaumont
and Passchendaele.
Prince Franz was further
promoted to head a divisional command in late 1916 and continued
service in the Flanders area while seeing action during the Georg
Offensive. For his bravery and meritorious leadership in battle, he was awarded the
Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of
Bavaria's highest military order - the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden. He
was officially presented with the decoration on 14.08.1916 and
later additionally received the
Kommandeur class of the order. The Bavarian general
also earned the Pour le Merite in the spring of 1918. Prince
Franz was married to Princess Isabella Antonie of Croy, and they had
six children. He passed away in January 1957 and was interred at
St. Michaelskirche in Munich.
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