The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Charles (Bavaria)

CHARLES (Karl Theodor Maximilian August), prince of Bavaria and grand prior of the order of Malta, a German soldier, born in Munich, July 7, 1795. He is a son of King Maximilian I. by his first wife Wilhelmine Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt. He fought against Napoleon at the battle of Hanau (1813), became a general of division, and took part in the campaign of 1814. His differences with Prince Wrede led to his retirement from 1822 till some time after the latter's death in 1838, when his brother King Louis I. appointed him field marshal and general inspector of the army. In the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 he was commander-in-chief of the 7th and 8th corps of the Bavarian army, which coöperated with the Austrian, after which he retired from the public service.