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| Prince Ludwig in Bucharest in October 2011 @Marlene Eilers Koenig |
Prince Ludwig Heinrich of Bavaria is engaged to Sophie-Alexandra Evekink. He is the future head of the Royal House of Bavaria.
The couple became engaged in Berchtesgaden.
He was born on June 14, 1982 in Landsberg am Lech, third child and eldest son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and Beatrix Wiegand. Prince Luitpold is the only child of the late Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Irmingard of Bavaria, who were first cousins.
Ludwig III - Rupprecht - Irmingard - Luitpold - Ludwig
Ludwig III - Franz - Ludwig - Luitpold - Ludwig.
Prince Ludwig is also a descendant of Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg:
Adolphe - Wilhelm - Antonia - Irmingard - Luitpold - Ludwig
Miss Evekink was born in Singapore in 1989 and has dual Dutch-Canadian nationality. She studied political and criminal science in England and worked for WHO in Geneva. Sophie is a Ph.D. candidate at Oxford University. She is the daughter of Dorus Evekink, Program Manager of Strategic Leadership a the Maastricht School of Management.
Prince Ludwig has taken on "representative and honorary duties for the family" at the request of Duke Franz, the current head of the house. He studied law at Göttingen University, focusing on human rights. He is committing to helping those in need in Africa, Romania, and Ukraine.
In May 2022, Prince Ludwig received the Bavarian State Medal for Social Merit.
Prince Ludwig's father, Prince Luitpold spoke to Bild about his son's engagement.
"Ludwig made a good choice. My future daughter-in-law is a very intelligent and well-educated woman."
He also looks forward to more grandchildren. "I hope they start a family soon. It is very gratifying that Ludwig is now more in Bavaria again. He worked as a development worker in Africa for almost ten years."
Miss Evekink is currently writing her doctoral thesis on international law at Oxford.
The date for the wedding has not been announced.
"We don't know that yet. What is clear, however, is that it will be a celebration of joy," Prince Luitpold told Bild.
Prince Luitpold is the owner of the Kaltenberg brewery.
https://royalbavarianbeer.com/
https://www.pointdevue.fr/royal/couronnes-du-monde/le-prince-ludwig-de-baviere-est-fiance
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/sophie-evekink
Any consideration on his non-royal marriage being equal or it only takes acknowledgement by the head of the House to continue as a Royal Bavarian ?
ReplyDeleteA male member of the family no longer needs to marry another royal --Franz changed that years ago
ReplyDeleteWhats about female members of the house?
ReplyDeleteAndrea
women have no succession rights
ReplyDeleteAllright.
ReplyDeleteThank god, I am not a royal.
But with Prince Luitpold, his marriage was considered morganatic, but in 1999, it was declared to be dynastic on the condition their children contracted dynastic marriages. If Ludwig marries does indeed marry Sophie, wouldn't that be non-dynastic and removing him from the line of succession?
ReplyDeletethat is not what happened .. the royal house no longer has a marriage requirement ... all of the non-dynastic marriages were upgraded by Franz.
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