St. Michael’s Church in the centre of Munich, Germany, is a large Renaissance church.
In 1556, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, gave the Society of Jesus permission to establish the Wilhelmsgymnasium. The collegiate church was founded in 1583 and was consecrated in 1597, during the reign of Albert’s son, William V, Duke of Bavaria. The facade contains statues of William and earlier rulers of the Wittelsbachs.
Photo by Moniek Bloks
Photo by Moniek Bloks
The Jesuits were eventually suppressed and banned, upon which the church came into the possession of the Bavarian royal family and, later, the State of Bavaria. The church was heavily damaged during the Second World War, and it was restored between 1946 and 1948.
The church contains several royal tombs.
Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Mauritia Febronia de La Tour d’Auvergne, wife of the previous (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
King Otto I of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Prince Alfons of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Princess Louise of Orléans (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Infanta Amalia of Spain
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Princess Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Princess Carolina Clotilde de Beauharnais (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Princess Augusta of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Eugène de Beauharnais
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Princess Theresa Emanuela of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Countess Palatine Karl Philipp August of Sulzbach (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Countess Palatine Karl Philipp August of Sulzbach (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Count Palatine Klemens August (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Johann Friedrich von Veldenz-Sponheim (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Ferdinand Wilhelm of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
William V, Duke of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Renata of Lorraine (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Elisabeth of Lorraine (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
The crypt also contains a side crypt with several urns with hearts.
Several tombs are not visible to the public, including Archduchess Gisela of Austria, who was the eldest surviving daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife, Empress Elisabeth. She and some others rest in the columbarium located next to the heart crypt.
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