Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria

Max Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern is the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria. He is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession.

Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only child from that marriage who reached adulthood. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last king of Bavaria, who was deposed in 1918.