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Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine (3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996), was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only surviving child from that marriage. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last King of Bavaria, who was deposed in 1918. == Life == Following the First World War, Albrecht's grandfather King Ludwig was deposed, but none of the family abdicated their titles. Albrecht and the family moved from Bavaria to the Austrian Tyrol.〔 Prior to the Second World War, his family, the House of Wittelsbach, were opposed to the regime of Nazi Germany and refused to join the Nazi Party. The decision meant that Prince Albrecht, who had been studying forestry, was unable to complete his studies.〔 In 1940 Albrecht took his family to his estate at Sárvár, Vas, Hungary. In October 1944, after Germany had occupied Hungary in March, the Wittelsbachs were arrested and imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp at Oranienburg, Brandenburg. In April 1945 they were moved to the Dachau concentration camp, where they were liberated by the United States Army.〔 Albrecht became Head of the Royal Family of Bavaria with the death of his father on 2 August 1955. From that date he was also the heir-general of the Jacobite succession. In 1959 Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria presented the Greek Crown Jewels back to King Paul of Greece. Albrecht was a prolific hunter, collecting 3,425 sets of antlers. He also authored two books on "the habits of deer".〔 While visiting Brazil in 1953 he met the Fila Brasileiro and brought some to Germany introducing the dog breed to Europe. In 1980 Albrecht presided over various ceremonies celebrating 800 years of the House of Wittelsbach. Albrecht died on 8 July 1996, aged 91, at Berg Castle, southwest of Munich. His funeral was conducted by the Archbishop of Munich.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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