Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria ( born 31 December 1940) is the wife of Prince Max, Duke of Bavaria, heir presumptive to both the former Bavarian Royal House and the Jacobite Succession.

Family Background

Elisabeth was born at Stockholm, Sweden on 31 December 1940. She was the first daughter of Count Carl Ludvig Douglas and Ottora Maria Haas-Heye. She was granddaughter of General Vilhelm Archibald Douglas. Her maternal great-grandfather was Philip, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld (1847-1921) (friend of Wilhelm II, German Emperor), whose youngest child Viktoria Ada Astrid Agnes (1886-1967) married in 1909 Professor Otto Ludwig Haas-Heye (1879-1959), and had issue, including two daughters. Elisabeth descends through both her mother and father from medieval Scandinavian nobility and rulers.

However, her father's patrilineal ancestry is Scottish, of the Swedish-German branch, descended via two obscure generations, descended from the youngest son of James Douglas, 1st Baron of Dalkeith, ancestor of the 15th century Earls of Morton. All these Douglases were of the Morton branch of the ancient Douglas family.

Her younger sister Rosita married in 1972 to John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough but divorced in 2008.

Marriage and Family

Countess Elisabeth married on 10 January 1967 in Kreuth, to Prince Max, Duke of Bavaria, son Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and his first wife, Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan and great-grandson of King Ludwig III of Bavaria.

They had five daughters: Duchess Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria (born 28 October 1967 in Munich). She married Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein on 3 July 1993 in Vaduz. They have four children:

-Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (born 24 May 1995 in London), Princess Marie-Caroline of Liechtenstein (born 17 October 1996 in Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen), Prince Georg of Liechtenstein (born 20 April 1999 in Grabs), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (born 6 December 2000 in Grabs)

-Duchess Marie-Caroline Hedwig Eleonore of Bavaria (born 23 July 1969 in Munich). She married Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg (son of Carl, Duke of Wurttemberg) in a civil ceremony in Altshausen and a religiously ceremony on 27 July in Tegernsee. They have four children:

-Duchess Sophie Anastasia Assunta Marie Pauline of Wurttemberg (born 15 January 1994 in Munich), Duchess Pauline Philippa Adelheid Helena Marie of Wurttemberg (born 15 April 1997 in London), Duke Carl-Theodor Philipp Maria Max Emanuel of Wurttemberg (born 15 June 1999), Duchess Anna Maximiliana Elizabeth Mariella Marie of Wurttemberg (born 1 February 2007 in London)

-Duchess Helena Eugenie Maria Donatha Mechthild of Bavaria (born 6 May 1972 in Munich)

-Duchess Elisabeth Marie Christine Franziska of Bavaria (born 4 October 1973 in Munich). She married Daniel Terberger (born 1 June 1967) on 25 September 2004: They have two children: Maximilian Ludwig Terberger (born 30 August 2005 in Bielefeld) Ottora Elisabeth Victoria Lucia Terberger (born 13 December 2007)

-Duchess Maria-Anna Henriette Gabrielle Julie of Bavaria (born 7 May 1975 in Munich) She was married firstly on 8 September 2007 to Klaus Runow (born 3 July 1964), and investment banker, divorced in 2015. Married secondly Baron Andreas Maltzan in October 2015. She has two sons with her husband:

-Heinrich Maria Leopold Maximilian Runow (born 3 May 2010 in Munich), Johannes Emanuel Philipp Maria Runow (born 24 March 2012)

Max and Elisabeth live at Schloss Tegernsee and Schloss Wildenwart.

House: Douglas

Titles and Styles

30 December 1940-10 January 1967 Countess Elisabeth Christina Douglas-Stjernorp auf Muhlhausen and Langenstein

10 January 1967-present Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth Christina of Bavaria, Duchess of Bavaria