Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin

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

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. By Wittelsbach loyalists, she is considered the rightful Queen Consort of Bavaria from 1971 to 1983, and by Jacobites, she is considered 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. 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]

She was descended from the House of Keglević, a Croatian noble family.

Marriage and family

Countess Marie-Jenke married on 21 April 1971 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.

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.

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