Prince Manuel of Bavaria

Prince Manuel

Born (1972-12-27) 27 December 1972
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Spouse Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (m. 2005)
Issue Prince Leopold
Princess Alva
Prince Gabriel
Full name
German: Manuel Maria Alexander Leopold Jörg
House Wittelsbach
Father Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Mother Ursula Möhlenkamp
Religion Roman Catholicism
Bavarian Royal Family

HRH The Duke of Bavaria


HRH The Duke in Bavaria
HRH The Duchess in Bavaria

HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg
HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt

Prince Manuel of Bavaria (German: Manuel Maria Alexander Leopold Jörg Prinz von Bayern) (born 27 December 1972) is a member of the deposed Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, and a cardiology researcher at Columbia University.

Early life

Prince Manuel was born in Starnberg, Bavaria. He is the oldest child of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his wife Ursula Möhlenkamp. Manuel was born out of wedlock, nearly five years before his parents were married. Even after his parents nuptials in 1977, Manuel and his siblings were excluded from the line in the Bavarian Succession as his parents' union was considered morganatic. However, this changed on 3 March 1999 when Franz, Duke of Bavaria recognized the marriage conditionally as dynastic in accordance with the Bavarian house laws. Since he has married dynastically, he is kept in line of succession.

Prince Manuel was awarded a PhD degree in biology from Columbia University where he is now a cardiology researcher.

Marriage

On 6 August 2005 Prince Manuel married Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the daughter of Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishus. The wedding took place in Stigtomta and Bärbo, small villages near Nyköping in Sweden. It was attended by more than 300 guests including King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his family.[1] The couple has two sons and a daughter together:

Honours

Ancestry

References

Notes

  1. European Royal History Journal 2005: volume 8.4, page 19
  2. Online Gotha - Bavaria
  3. "70th anniversary of king Carl Gustav of Sweden in Stockholm Sweden on... Fotografía de noticias 115116367 | Getty Images". dailymail.co.uk. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
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