Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prinz von Bayern (born 14 April 1951) is a member and second in line of succession to the headship of the House of Wittelsbach, which reigned as Kings of Bavaria until 1918,^[1] and the head of König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei.

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Luitpold Prinz von Bayern
Prince Luitpold in July 2012
Born	(1951-04-14) 14 April 1951 (age 73) Schloß Leutstetten, Leutstetten, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse	Katrin Beatrix Wiegand ​ ​ (m. 1979)​
Issue	Princess Auguste of Lippe-Weissenfeld Princess Alice of Auersperg Prince Ludwig Prince Heinrich Prince Karl
Names German: Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prinz von Bayern
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Prince Ludwig of Bavaria
Mother	Princess Irmingard of Bavaria
Religion	Roman Catholic

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Luitpold was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, in Bavaria. He is the only surviving child of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008) and his wife Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1923–2010).^[1]

On 25 June 1979, Luitpold married Katrin Beatrix Wiegand (born 19 September 1951 in Munich), daughter of Gerd Wiegand (1922 in Cottbus – 1994 in Munich), architect, and first wife Ellen Schumacher.^[1][2][3] Initially the union was considered morganatic, but on 3 March 1999, the marriage was declared retroactively to be dynastic on the condition their children contracted dynastic marriages.^[1] The couple had five children:^[1]

• Auguste Marie Philippa of Bavaria (born 1979), Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, who married Ferdinand of Lippe-Weißenfeld (born 1976) on 5 June 2010 in Andechs Abbey in Munich.
• Alice Isabella Maria of Bavaria (born 1981), married Lukas of Auersperg (born 1981) on 29 August 2009.
• Ludwig Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1982),^[4] who married Sophie-Alexandra Evekink,^[5] a doctoral student at the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, on 20 May 2023 at the Theatine Church in Munich.^[6]
• Heinrich Rudolf of Bavaria (born 1986), married on 22 April 2017 to Henriette Gruse (born 1982) in Andechs Abbey in Munich.
• Karl Rupprecht of Bavaria (born 1987)

Luitpold is the proprietor and CEO of a brewery located at Kaltenberg Castle (König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg) which was founded in 1871, and largely extended by him. He who also purchased Marthabräu brewery at Fürstenfeldbruck in 1980, where his wheat beer is produced.^[7] At Kaltenberg he also organizes an annual jousting tournament.

In 2011 he purchased the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1745 by Maximilian III Joseph, Prince-Elector of Bavaria.

Luitpold owns the Bavarian castles of Leutstetten and Kaltenberg, in which he lives with his family.^[1]

• Leutstetten Castle
• Kaltenberg Castle