Figure 1.--Here we see Crown Princess Antoinette with her three oldest childen, Heinrich, Irmingard, and Editha about 1927. Editha is hiding. Their parents seemed to have like Bavarian folk costumes. They were three of the six children from Prince Rupprecht's second family. The photograph was taken at Predigtstuhl, a ski resort. Notice the huge cross in the background.

Prince Ruppecht and Princess Antonia of Luxembourg had six children. The Wittelsbach family was badly inbread. Ruppecht for his second mnarriage went outside of Bavaria. The royal couple married after the World War I (1921). This meant that the House of Wittelsbach was no longer a ruling family. The children still had their titles, but their place in siciety was very different. The children included one boy and five girls. They included: Heinrich, Prince of Bavaria (1922-58), Irmingard, Princess of Bavaria (1923- ), Editha, Princess of Bavaria (1924- ), Hilda, Princess of Bavaria (1926- ), Gabriele, Prince of Bavaria (1927- ), and Sophie, Princess of Bavaria (1935- ). We know very little about their childhood. We have little no biographical information on the children at this time. As their father wa an ani-NAZI, we wonder how the children fared during the 1930s and World War II. Hopefully our Bavarian readers will provide us some information. We do know that Prince Heirich survived the War. He married Anne Marie de Lustrac, the daughter of Baron Jean de Lustrac and his wife Helen Reid. The marriage ceremony was held in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on the Basque coast in France (1951). The couple did not have any children. Prince Heinrich was killed as a result of a car accident in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (1958).His wife, died also in a car crash in Milan, Italy (1999).

Heinrich (1922-58)

Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (Heinrich Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Bayern) was born at Schloss Hohenburg in Bavaria (1921). He was the eldest son from the second marriage of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and his wife Princess Antonia of Luxembourg. He was naned after the highly decorated Prince Heinrich Luitpold of Bavaria (1884-1916) who was killed during World War II). We have no information about his childhood. All we know is that he grew up surrounded by his five younger sisters. As best we can tell it was a close-knit loving family. He was 10 years old when Hitler seized power. This mnean that he was thge age at which children joined the Hitler Youth. As his father was an anti-NAZI he would not have joined at first. when the NAZIs made membership mandatory (1936). When World War II broke out he was 18 years old which presumably means he was conscripted (1939). We have no details on this yet. The eldest son of the Hohenzollern Crown Prince (eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II) during the invasion of France (1940). Hitler was so apoaued over the outpouring of public sympathy that he issued regulations about the military service of the former German ruling families. This may have affected Heinrih. All we know for sure at this time is that he and his sisters managed to survive the War. The family's attitude toward the NAZIs would have been confirnmed with the German Western offensive that conquered France. It included Luxembourg, his mother's homeland. The NAZUSs subsequently annexed the Grand Duchy. We are looking for actual details on Heinrich's war experiences, but not have found any yet. Prince Heinrich after the War married Anne Marie de Lustrac, the daughter of Baron Jean de Lustrac and his wife Helen Reid in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on the Basque coast in France (195). The couple did not have any children. The Prince became a Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert.The Prince was killed in a tragic car accident while driving his German sports car. The accident occurred at the Andean ski resort, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (1958). His brother-in-law and sister, Prince and Princess Ludwig of Bavaria, who were with him"escaped with slight injuries. He was buried at the Andechs Abbey church in Bavaria. Prince Heinrich's wife, Anne Marie de Lustrac, also died in a car crash that occurred in Milan, Italy (1999).

Irmingard (1923- )

Irmingard, Princess of Bavaria (1923- ).

Editha (1924- )

Editha, Princess of Bavaria (1924- ),

Hilda (1926- )

Hilda, Princess of Bavaria (1926- ).

Gabriele (1927- )

Gabriele, Prince of Bavaria (1927- ).

Sophie (1935- )

and Sophie, Princess of Bavaria (1935- ).

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