Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin

Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin (23 April 1921 – 5 October 1983) was the second wife of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, head of the House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1955 to 1996 as well as Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France.

Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin
Duchess of Bavaria
Tenure	21 April 1971 – 5 October 1983
Born	(1921-04-23)23 April 1921 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	5 October 1983(1983-10-05) (aged 62) Weichselboden, Styria, Austria
Spouse	Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria ( m. 1971)
Full name German: Marie-Jenke Clara Clementine Antonia Stephanie Walburga Paula
House	Keglevich of Buzin
Father	Count Stephan Keglevich of Buzin
Mother	Countess Klára Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö

Wittelsbach loyalists hold that she was the rightful Queen Consort of Bavaria from 1971-83. Jacobites consider her the rightful Queen Consort of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France during the same period.

Early life

Marie-Jenke was born at Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary on 23 April 1921, descended from the House of Keglević, a Croatian noble family. She was the fourth child and only daughter of Count Stephan Keglevich of Buzin (Croatian: Stjepan Keglević Buzinski) and Countess Klára Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö.[1]

Marriage and family

Countess Marie-Jenke married on 21 April 1971 (civilly) and on 22 April 1971 (religiously) in Weichselboden, Styria Austria, to Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria and grandson of King Ludwig III of Bavaria.[1] They had no issue. Albrecht had been married previously to Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan who died in 1969.

She co-authored her husband's book on "the habits of deer" for which both of them received honorary doctorates by the biological faculty of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She died in a car accident in their private hunting district in a mountain forest in Styria, Austria.

Titles and styles

• 23 April 1921 – 21 April 1971: Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin
• 21 April 1971 – 5 October 1983: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Bavaria
  • Title in pretence: 21 April 1971 – 5 October 1983: Her Majesty The Queen of Bavaria

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin

16. Count Gábor Keglevich of Buzin 8. Count Julius Keglevich of Buzin 17. Countess Mathilde Sandor of Szlavnicza 4. Count Gabriel Keglevich of Buzin 18. Baron Georg Orczy of Orczi 9. Baroness Georgine Orczy of Orczi 19. Countess Elisabeth Berényi de Karancs-Bereny 2. Count Stephan Keglevich of Buzin 10. Albert Blaskovich de Ebeczk 5. Clemence Blaskovich de Ebeczk 11. Irene Karasz de Horgos 1. Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin 24. Count Ferenc Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö 12. Count Ferenc Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö 25. Countess Amalia Esterházy of Galántha 6. Count József Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö 26. Count Philipp August Demblin, Marquis of Ville-sur-Illon 13. Countess Maria Clara Demblin, Baroness of Canon 27. Countess Elisabeth Vandalin-Mniszech, of Gross-Konczyze and Ossowice 3. Countess Klára Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö 28. Prince Augusto Odescalchi 14. Prince Gyula Odescalchi 29. Countess Anna Zichy of Zich and Vásonkeö 7. Princess Ilona Odescalchi 30. Count Imre of Degenfeld-Schonburg 15. Countess Anna of Degenfeld-Schonburg 31. Pauline Bek de Bokony

Notes and sources

1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 471. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.

External links

• thePeerage.com – Marie-Jenke Gräfin Keglevich von Buzin
• Genealogisches Handbuch des in Bayern Immatrikulierten Adels Verlag Degener & Co., Reference: 6

Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin House Keglevich of Buzin Born: 23 April 1921 Died: 5 October 1983
Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan	— TITULAR — Queen consort of Bavaria 21 April 1971 – 5 October 1983 Reason for succession failure: German Revolution of 1918–19	Vacant
	— TITULAR — Queen consort of England, Ireland and Scotland 21 April 1971 – 5 October 1983 Reason for succession failure: Glorious Revolution of 1688