Nicolas de Leuchtenberg | |
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| Full name | Nikolaus Alexander Fritz de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg |
| Born | (1933-10-12)12 October 1933 (age 92) Munich,Bavaria,Germany |
| Noble family | Beauharnais |
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| Issue | Nikolaus Maximilian de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg Konstantin Alexander Peter de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg |
| Father | Nikolai Nikolaievich, Duke of Leuchtenberg |
| Mother | Elisabeth Müller-Himmler |
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg (Nikolaus Alexander Fritz de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg; born 12 October 1933,Munich) is a claimant to theDukedom of Leuchtenberg.[1]
He is the son ofNikolai Nikolaievich de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (in the Russian nobility) (Gori orNovgorod,Russia, 27/29 July (Old Style) 8/10 August (New Style) 1896 –Munich,Bavaria,Germany, 5 May 1937).[2]
On 24 August 1962, he married Anne Christine Bügge (bornStettin,Pomerania,Prussia,Germany, 17 December 1936) inObernkirchen, Lower Saxony,West Germany], on 24 August 1962 and divorced in 1985, daughter of Gustav Bügge and wife Dorothea Arnold, with whom he had two sons:
Born in 1933, Nicolas lives inSankt Augustin, nearBonn.[2] He has a long career as anaudio engineer inGerman television.[1][2]
After the death without issue ofSergei Georgievich, 8th Duke of Leuchtenberg, (1890–1974), last holder of the Bavarian title, and that of his eldest son, Nicolas Maximilien (d. 2002), he and his second son Constantin are the last male representatives of the family and of the Russianducal title.[2]
From 2010s onwards, Nicolas has participated in several commemorations of the installation of his family in theKingdom of Bavaria in 1814.[3][4][5][6] In 2013, he celebrated his 80th birthday atEichstätt, the capital of theprincipality of his ancestors.[7]
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg Born: 12 October 1933 | ||
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| Preceded by | — TITULAR — Duke of Leuchtenberg (nominal in Russia; seeHeirs since 1974) 1974–present | Incumbent Heir: Constantin |
| — TITULAR — Grand Duke of Frankfurt 1974–present Reason for succession failure: Grand Duchy abolished in 1813 | ||