, 2nd Baron Massenbach in the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg (succ.1849 acc. to primogeniture his father Baron Friedrich X.), 4th Baron Massenbach in the Kingdoms of Bavaria & Wuerttemberg (succ.1857 acc. to primogeniture his gr.father Baron Karl August I.), 15th Baron Massenbach in the H.R. Empire, etc. (succ.1879 acc. to primogeniture his 2nd cousin-once-removed Baron Karl VII.), & 6th Baron Masenbach in the Kingdoms of Bavaria & Wuerttemberg (succ.1909 his 1st cousin-once-removed Baron Hermann III.), Of Eggersberg-bei-Kahlheim and Munich. Knight of the Roy. Bavarian Order of St Georg, of Eggersberg-bei-Kehlheim & Munich, Bavaria, Major Roy. Bavarian 3rd Horse Artillary Regt., Intimate friend of the Bavarian Royal Family, etc. Retaining (1/8th) Remainder Right of Succession to Massenbach he was co-succ. by his nephews Max III. and Wilhelm XVI. s.p. "He was an intimate friend of the Bavarian Royal Family who enjoyed country pursuits with him, particularly shooting. "With his wife, 'a wealthy heiress', he financed the writing by his cousin Hermann of a family history from archives assembled with the help of his brother Ludwig".(PvM) In 1854, he was "Lt. in f. b. 2. Artillerie - Regiment Lueder".
Born: Schweinfurt, Upper Palatinate, , 10th May 1831