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Franz, Duke of Bavaria (''Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern''; born 14 July 1933), is head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria until deposed in 1918. Franz was born in Munich. During the Second World War, the Wittelsbachs were anti-Nazi. The family initially left Germany for Hungary, and were eventually arrested when Franz was aged eleven. He spent time in several Nazi concentration camps, including Oranienburg and Dachau. After the war, he was a student at the University of Munich and became a collector of modern art. Franz succeeded as head of the House of Wittelsbach, and as pretender to the Bavarian throne, on the death of his father in 1996. He lives at the Nymphenburg Palace. Also the current heir-general of King James II of England and VII of Scotland, Franz is, as Francis II, considered by Jacobites to be the legitimate heir of the Stuart kings of England, France, Scotland, and Ireland. A spokesman has said that the Duke generally does not comment on issues concerning his "familiar relationship" to the Royal House of Stuart.〔Walker, Tim, "(Duke Francis of Bavaria given hope of claiming British throne )", ''The Telegraph'', 11 September 2011.〕 ==Life== Franz was born on 14 July 1933 in Munich, the son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and his morganatic wife, Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan of the House of Drašković, a Croatian noble family. On 18 May 1949, when Franz was 15, his grandfather Crown Prince Rupprecht recognised the marriage of Franz's parents as dynastic, and Franz became a prince of Bavaria. The Wittelsbach dynasty were opposed to the Nazi regime in Germany, and in 1939, Franz's father Albrecht took his family to Hungary. They lived in Budapest for four years before moving to their Castle at Sárvár in late 1943. In March 1944, Nazi Germany occupied Hungary, and on 6 October 1944 the entire family, including the 11-year-old Franz, were arrested. They were sent to a series of Nazi concentration camps, including Oranienburg and Dachau. At the end of April 1945, they were liberated by the United States Third Army.〔 After the war, Franz received his high-school education at the Benedictine Abbey of Ettal. He then studied business management at the University of Munich and in Zurich. Franz developed a passion for collecting modern art. Today, many items from his private collection are on permanent loan to the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.〔Carla Schulz-Hoffmann and Peter-Klaus Schuster, ''Deutsche Kunst seit 1960 aus der Sammlung Prinz Franz von Bayern'' (München: Prestel-Verlag, 1985).〕 He is also an honorary trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Franz lives in a wing of Nymphenburg Palace, the former summer residence of the Kings of Bavaria, in Munich. His country retreat is Berg Castle, and he occasionally uses the former royal castle at Berchtesgaden and Hohenschwangau Castle, both of which house family museums. He speaks German, Hungarian, English, and French.〔(Francis II ) Is this a reliable source?〕 Franz's 80th birthday party, in 2013, was held at the Schleissheim Palace near Munich. The party was attended by 2,500 guests.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelocal.de/20130725/51057 )〕 including the current Minister-President of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelocal.de/galleries/culture/1909/0/ )〕 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「Franz, Duke of Bavaria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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