[Charles Joseph William]. Regent of Bavaria, born at Würzburg, Bavaria, on the 12th of March 1821. He became general and inspector-general of the Bavarian army. He married April 15, 1844, the Princess Augusta, Archduchess of Austria. During the reign of King Louis II. he was at the head of the ultra-Catholic and anti-Liberal party. When the king’s eccentricities grew to outright insanity, Prince Luitpold was placed at the head of affairs as regent. On the death of King Louis II. in June 1886, Prince Luitpold continued to perform the functions of regent on account of the mental derangement of Otto, the succeeding titular king.
