Editing Franz, King of Bavaria

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of Bavaria
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Wittelsbach_Franz.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[Bavaria]]
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|'''Reign'''
|8 July 1996 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|18 March 1997
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[King Albrecht of Bavaria|Albrecht]]
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|'''Heir presumptive'''
|[[Max, Crown Prince of Bavaria]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|14 July 1933 (age 91)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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|'''Name'''
|Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria
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|'''House'''
|Wittelsbach
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|'''Father'''
|[[King Albrecht of Bavaria]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Countess Maria of Trakostjan]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Franz, King of Bavaria''' (born ''Prince Franz of Bavaria'' on 14 July 1933) is current reigning King of Bavaria. 

==Life==
Franz was born the third child and elder son of '''King Albrecht of Bavaria''' and '''Countess Maria of Trakostjan'''.

Albrecht succeeded his father as King of Bavaria in 1996.

==Marriage and Issue==
Franz was a confirmed bachelor for decades. In 2023, Franz appeared in public with his longtime partner, '''Thomas Greinwald'''. Franz later confirmed that the couple had been quietly together since 1980, though they have never married. 

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Bavaria Munich Residenz.jpg|Munich Residenz; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Bavaria Nymphenburg Palace.jpg|Nymphenburg Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Bavaria Neuschwanstein Castle.jpg|Neuschwanstein Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1933-1955'''   Prince Franz of Bavaria
* '''1955-1996'''   Franz, Crown Prince of Bavaria
* '''1996-present'''   Franz, King of Bavaria

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_St._Hubert.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Hubert (1973)

[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_St._George.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. George (1951)

[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_Max_Joseph.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Max Joseph (1996)

[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Bavarian_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown (1965)

[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_St._Michael.gif|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Michael (1996)

===Foreign Honours===
TBA

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[King Albrecht of Bavaria]]
|[[King Rupprecht of Bavaria]]
[[Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria]]
|[[King Ludwig III of Bavaria]]
[[Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este]]

[[Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria]]

[[Infanta Maria Jose of Portugal]]
|[[Prince Luitpold of Bavaria]]
[[Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria]]

[[Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este]]

[[Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria]]

[[Prince Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria]]

[[Princess Ludovika of Bavaria]]

[[King Miguel of Portugal]]

[[Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]
|-
|[[Countess Maria of Trakostjan]]
|[[Dionys, Count of Trakostjan]]
[[Princess Juliana of Montenuovo]]
|[[Pal, Count of Trakostjan]]
[[Countess Maria Felicia of Tolna]]

[[Alfred, Prince of Montenuovo]]

[[Princess Francesca of Wchinitz-Tettau]]
|[[Carol, Count of Trakostjan]]
[[Countess Elisabeth of Batthyany-Strattmann]]

[[Dionys, Count of Tolna]]

[[Countess Caroline of Zich-Vasonkeo]]

[[Wilhelm Albrecht, Prince of Montenuovo]]

[[Countess Juliana of Batthyany-Strattmann]]

[[Ferdinand, Prince of Wchinitz-Tettau]]

[[Princess Maria of Liechtenstein]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Franz, King of Bavaria
House of Wittelsbach 

Born: 14 July 1933 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Bavaria|Bavarian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center>Incumbent
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[King Albrecht of Bavaria|'''<small>Albrecht</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Max, Crown Prince of Bavaria]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Michael Caine
[[Category:Bavaria]]
[[Category:House Wittelsbach]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Bavaria]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]