Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan
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Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan (8 March 190410 June 1969) was the first wife of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
, head of the House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the Kingdom of Bavaria
from 1955 to 1996 as well as the Jacobite
pretender to the thrones of England
, Scotland
, Ireland
and France
. By Wittelsbach loyalists, she was considered the rightful Queen Consort of Bavaria from 1955 until her death, and by Jacobites
, she was also considered the rightful Queen Consort
of England, Scotland, Ireland and France during the same period.
, Austria-Hungary
on 8 March 1904. She was the only daughter of Count Dionys Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan and Princess Juliana Rose of Montenuovo.
Her family, Draskovich of Trakostjan
(Drašković in Croatian), belonged to an ancient Croatian noble
family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Through her mother she was a descendant of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria
by her second marriage to Adam Albert, Count of Neipperg
; Marie Louise was the Empress consort of Napoleon I of France
from 1810 to 1814 and Duchess of Parma from 1814 to her death. Through her father, Maria was a descendant of infamous Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory
.
, to Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
, son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria
and grandson of King Ludwig III of Bavaria
.
They had four children:
She died in 1969 at the age of 65, her husband later married secondly in 1971 to Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin
. They had no issue.
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Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan (8 March 190410 June 1969) was the first wife of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine , was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the one surviving child from that marriage...
, head of the House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...
from 1955 to 1996 as well as the Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
pretender to the thrones of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. By Wittelsbach loyalists, she was considered the rightful Queen Consort of Bavaria from 1955 until her death, and by Jacobites
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
, she was also considered the rightful Queen Consort
Jacobite consorts
Jacobite consorts are those who were married to a Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scots and Ireland since the abdication of James II in 1688. By Jacobites they are thus regarded, if female, as rightful Queen Consorts of England, Scots and Ireland...
of England, Scotland, Ireland and France during the same period.
Early life
Maria was born at ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
on 8 March 1904. She was the only daughter of Count Dionys Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan and Princess Juliana Rose of Montenuovo.
Her family, Draskovich of Trakostjan
House of Draškovic
The House of Drašković, also spelled Draskovich in English, is one of the oldest Croatian noble families, originally descended from lower-rank nobility of the Lika region.There are no reliable data on them before the 15th century...
(Drašković in Croatian), belonged to an ancient Croatian noble
Croatian nobility
Croatian nobility refers to the noble families of Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia, Istria, Bosnia and Republic of Ragusa.-General history of Croatian nobility:Croatian nobility titles mostly were granted by the kings of Croatia, later kings of Hungary-Croatia...
family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Through her mother she was a descendant of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Marie Louise of Austria was the second wife of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French and later Duchess of Parma...
by her second marriage to Adam Albert, Count of Neipperg
Adam Albert von Neipperg
Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg was an Austrian general and statesman. The son of a diplomat, famous for inventing a letter-copying machine, and a French mother, he was the grandson of Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg....
; Marie Louise was the Empress consort of Napoleon I of France
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
from 1810 to 1814 and Duchess of Parma from 1814 to her death. Through her father, Maria was a descendant of infamous Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific serial killer in history, the number of murders has been debated...
.
Marriage and family
Countess Marie married on 3 September 1930 in BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. It is located in the south district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, near the border with Austria, some 30 km south of Salzburg and 180 km southeast of Munich...
, to Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine , was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the one surviving child from that marriage...
, son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
Rupprecht or Rupert, Crown Prince of Bavaria was the last Bavarian Crown Prince.His full title was His Royal Highness Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine...
and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria
Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria
-Family:Her parents were Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, kinsman to the Kings of Bavaria and world renowned ophthalmologist, and his second wife, Princess Maria José of Bragança, a daughter of King Miguel I, exiled monarch of Portugal...
and grandson of King Ludwig III of Bavaria
Ludwig III of Bavaria
Ludwig III , was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918.-Early life:...
.
They had four children:
- Princess Marie Gabrielle Antonia José (born 1931). Married Georg, Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1928) and they have six children:
- Countess Walburga von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1958).
- Countess Gabriele von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1959).
- Countess Monika von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1961).
- Erich, Hereditary Count von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1962).
- Countess Adelheid of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1964).
- Countess Elisabeth von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1966).
- Princess Marie Charlotte Juliana (born 1931, Gabrielle's twin). Married Paul, Fürst von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 1930) and they have four children:
- Alexander, Hereditary Count von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 1958).
- Countess Maria-Anna von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 1960).
- Countess Georgina von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 1962).
- Count Bertram von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 1966).
- Franz, Duke of BavariaFranz, Duke of BavariaFranz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern , styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, is head of the Wittelsbach family, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria...
(born 14 July 1933). - Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria, Duke in BavariaPrince Max, Duke in BavariaMax-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern, sometimes styled Prince Max of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria, born 21 January 1937 as son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian Royal House and the Jacobite Succession...
(born 1937), married the Swedish Countess Elizabeth Douglas-Stjernorp (born 1940) and they have five daughters, who bear the titles Princess of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria.- Duchess Sophie Elisabeth Marie GabrielleSophie, Hereditary Princess of LiechtensteinSophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein , is the wife of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Regent of Liechtenstein and heir apparent to the Liechtensteiner throne.-Early life and education:...
in Bavaria (born 28 October 1967). Married Alois, Hereditary Prince of LiechtensteinAlois, Hereditary Prince of LiechtensteinAlois Philipp Maria, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg is the eldest son of Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein and Countess Marie Aglaë Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. Alois has been Regent of Liechtenstein since 15 August 2004...
. - Duchess Marie Caroline Hedwig Eleonore in Bavaria (born 1969). Married Duke Philipp of WürttembergWürttembergWürttemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
. - Duchess Helene Eugenie Maria Donatha Mechthild in Bavaria (born 1972).
- Duchess Elizabeth Marie Charlotte Franziska in Bavaria (born 1973). Married Daniel Terberger.
- Duchess Maria Anna Henriette Gabrielle Julia in Bavaria (born 1973). Married Klaus Runow.
- Duchess Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle
She died in 1969 at the age of 65, her husband later married secondly in 1971 to Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin
Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin
Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin was the second wife of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, head of the House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1955 to 1996 as well as Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland and France...
. They had no issue.
Titles and styles
- 8 March 1904 – 3 September 1930: Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan
- 3 September 1930 – 2 August 1955: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria of Bavaria
- 2 August 1955 – 10 June 1969: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Bavaria
- Title in pretence: 2 August 1955 – 10 June 1969: Her Majesty The Queen of Bavaria