Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ
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| Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ | |||||
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| Princess Franz of Bavaria | |||||
 Photo in 1912 | |||||
| Born | 24 October 1890 Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria | ||||
| Died | 30 March 1982 (aged 91) Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany | ||||
| Burial | Andechs Abbey, Bavaria | ||||
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| House | House of Croÿ | ||||
| Father | Karl Alfred, 12th Duke of Croÿ | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg | ||||
Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ (24 October 1890 – 30 March 1982) was a member of the princely House of Croÿ and, by marriage to Prince Franz of Bavaria, a Princess of the House of Wittelsbach.[1][2]
Princess Isabella Antonie was born at Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria the eldest daughter of Karl Alfred, 12th Duke of Croÿ, and Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg.[3] Her family belonged to the House of Croÿ, a mediatised noble house of the Holy Roman Empire.[4][5]
Marriage and family
On 8 July 1912, Isabella Antonie married Prince Franz of Bavaria, the third son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria.The wedding took place at the Schloss Weilburg in Baden near Vienna, Austria-Hungary.The marriage produced six children:[6][7]
- Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008); married Princess Irmingard of Bavaria and had issue.
- Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (1914–2011); married Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and had issue.
- Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1917–2004); married Baron Gottfried von Hoenning O'Carroll and had issue.
- Princess Eleonore Therese of Bavaria (1918–2009); married Count Konstantin of Waldburg-Zeil and had issue.
- Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920–2015); married Archduke Gottfried of Austria and had issue.
- Prince Rasso of Bavaria (1926–2011); married Princess Theresa of Bavaria and had issue.
Later life
Following the fall of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1918, Isabella Antonie lived with her family at Schloss Leutstetten.[8] She remained a prominent figure within the Wittelsbach family until her death in Starnberg at the age of 91.[9] She was interred at Andechs Abbey.[10]