Prince Rasso of Bavaria


Prince Rasso of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.

Early life

Rasso was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He was the second son, and the youngest child, of Prince Franz of Bavaria and his wife Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ.

Marriage

He married on 17 October 1955 in Amstetten, Archduchess Theresa of Austria, daughter of Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria and Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg. The wedding took place at Wallsee Castle in Wallsee-Sindelburg, Lower Austria. The couple had seven children:
Rasso was a Grand Prior of the Bavarian Order of Saint George, Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Ancestry