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The Wittelsbachs were opposed to the Nazi regime in Germany and in 1940 Albrecht took his family to his estate at Sarvar in Hungary. In October 1944, when Germany occupied Hungary, the Wittelsbachs were arrested and imprisoned in the concentration camp at Oranienburg. In April 1945 they were moved to DachauDachau is a city in Southern Germany, in the federal state of Bavaria. Just 20 km away from Munich, it has become a popular housing area for people working in Munich, and now has roughly 40,000 inhabitants. Dachau was founded in the 8th century, and was t, where they were liberated by the United States Army. Franz studied business management at the University of Munich and in Zurich.
The Wittelsbachs continue to be held in high esteem in Bavaria, and are treated in many respects as though they were still a royal dynasty, although none of their titles are recognised under German law. Franz is a Senator of the University of Munich and an Honorary Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and holds many honorary positions in civic and religious organisations in Bavaria.
Franz has never married and on his death his position as head of the House of Wittelsbach will pass to his brother Max Herzog in Bayern, (that is Duke "in", not "of", Bavaria). Since Max has no son the titles will pass after his death to a cousin Ludwig Prinz von Bayern, and his descendants.
Franz is regarded by JacobitesThis article is not about the Jacobite Orthodox Church, nor is it about Jacobinism. While military campaigns are covered in outline, for details see Jacobite Rising. Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to as the heir to the Royal House of StuartThe House of Stuart or Stewart is a British/Scottish Royal House of Breton origin. The House started off ruling Scotland but after the death of Elizabeth I of England, last monarch from the House of Tudor, took over the whole of Britain. It was followed b and thus the rightful King of EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England and ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p. Regardless of the merits of his hereditary claim, he is barred from the throne of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly as a Catholic under the Act of Settlement 1701. Jacobites refer to him as King Francis II of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, but he does not use these titles.