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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

1869 - 1955

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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Rupert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne. During the first half of World War I, he commanded the 6th Army on the Western Front. From August 1916, he commanded Army Group Rupprecht of Bavaria, which occupied the sector of the front opposite the British Expeditionary Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria is the 206th most popular nobleman (down from 163rd in 2024), the 819th most popular biography from Germany (down from 681st in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Nobleman.

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria is most famous for being the son of Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria. He was born on September 27, 1869 and died on October 26, 1955.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ranks 206 out of 1,415. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales, Bertrada of Laon, Germaine of Foix, Ramesses X, Ramesses IX, and Ramesses VIII. After him are Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Ismihan Sultan, and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ranks 26. Before him are Siegfried Wagner, Calouste Gulbenkian, Karl Seitz, Felix Salten, Komitas, and Rudolf Otto. After him are Albert Roussel, Gustav Vigeland, Richard Abegg, Pyotr Krasnov, Emilio Aguinaldo, and Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein. Among people deceased in 1955, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ranks 27. Before him are Pak Hon-yong, Vasily Blokhin, John Mott, Calouste Gulbenkian, Carmen Miranda, and Hermann Weyl. After him are Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Michael Chekhov, Mihály Károlyi, Leonid Govorov, Major Ritchie, and Oswald Avery.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ranks 819 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Kürten (1883), Hugo Sperrle (1885), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Eduard Dietl (1890), and Karl Ludwig Harding (1765). After him are Arthur Nebe (1894), Friedrich List (1789), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), and Johann Tetzel (1460).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ranks 24. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Robert the Strong (900), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), and Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707). After him are Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), and Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712).

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