Luitpold Prinz von Bayern

Luitpold was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, in Bavaria. He is the only surviving child of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008) and his wife Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1923–2010). ==Marriage==

On 25 June 1979, Luitpold married Katrin Beatrix Wiegand (born 19 September 1951 in Munich), daughter of Gerd Wiegand (1922 in Cottbus – 1994 in Munich), architect, and first wife Ellen Schumacher. Initially the union was considered morganatic, but on 3 March 1999, the marriage was declared retroactively to be dynastic on the condition their children contracted dynastic marriages. Ludwig and his wife Sophie Alexandra Evekink (b. 1989) have a son, Rupprecht (b. 2024). Luitpold's eldest daughter Auguste (b. 1979), married to Ferdinand Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld, is a biologist and conducts research on birds at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence. Her next younger sister Alice (b. 1981), married to Lukas (Prince of) Auersperg, also conducts research in the same field for the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. ==Business activities==

Luitpold is the proprietor and former CEO of a brewery located at Kaltenberg Castle (König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg) which was founded in 1871, purchased by his mother in 1955, and largely extended by him. He also purchased Marthabräu brewery at Fürstenfeldbruck in 1980, where his wheat beer is produced. The breweries are now chaired by employed managers. Luitpold also founded an annual jousting tournament at Kaltenberg, previously managed by his wife. The second son, Heinrich Rudolf (b. 1986), and his wife now run the event sector, including the event catering. In 2011 he purchased the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1745 by Maximilian III Joseph, Prince-Elector of Bavaria. He converted the cavalier house on the northern roundabouts of Nymphenburg Palace that previously housed the manufactory's administration (production takes place in buildings at the rear), into a luxury holiday home in 2025, available for daily rental, under the name Nymphenburg Palace Royal Residence. It is managed by Kempinski Hotels. A collection of over 1,000 handcrafted porcelain exhibits from 1747 onwards, are on display on the first floor of the former court stables houses in the south wing of the palace itself. Luitpold owns the Bavarian castles of Leutstetten (a district of Starnberg) and Kaltenberg, in which he lives with his family. File:Schloss Leutstetten-2.jpg|Leutstetten Castle File:Schloss Kaltenberg (8713168255).jpg|Kaltenberg Castle ==References==