{|align=right | |- | |- |} 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 and was 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, but 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. franz is also the current heir-general of king charles i of england and scotland, and thus as "francis ii" is considered by jacobites to be the legitimate heir of the stuart kings of england, france, scotland and ireland. "hrm  the duke generally does not comment on issues concerning his familiar [sic] relationship to the royal house of stuart", a spokesman told the media.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 draÅ¡koviÄ, an ancient croatian noble family. on 18 may 1949, when franz was sixteen, his grandfa
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