Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (b. 1944)

Prince Adalbert Prince Adalbert of Bavaria Born 27 December 1944 Krauchenwies, District of Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern Spouse Marion Malkowsky (m. 1978; div. 1983) Sandra Burckhardt (m. 1986) Issue Princess Bernadette Prince Hubertus House Wittelsbach Father Prince Konstantin of Bavaria Mother Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Religion Roman Catholicism

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Prince Adalbert (Etzi) of Bavaria (German: Adalbert Friedrich Johannes Maria et omnes sancti Prinz von Bayern) (born 27 December 1944) is a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.

Early life

Adalbert was born in Krauchenwies in the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern (present-day Baden-Württemberg) and is the second son of Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and his first wife Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Marriage

On 9 May 1978 Prince Adalbert married Marion Malkowsky, the daughter of Wilhelm Malkowski and Margot Massengeil. The wedding took place in Munich. However, the couple was divorced five years later on 11 November 1983.

On 21 February 1986 Prince Etzi married for the second time. His bride was Sandra Brigitte Burckhardt, the daughter of Frank Burckhardt. The civil ceremony took place in Munich and the religious wedding followed a week later also in Munich. Initially the union was considered morganatic, but on 3 March 1999 the marriage was decreed to be dynastic in accordance with the Bavarian house laws. The couple have two children together:

• Princess Bernadette Desirée of Bavaria (b. 1986)
• Prince Hubertus Florian of Bavaria (b. 1989)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (b. 1944)

16. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria               8. Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria                       17. Amelia Philippina of Spain               4. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria                             18. Francis, King of Spain               9. María de la Paz of Spain                       19. Isabella II of Spain               2. Prince Konstantin of Bavaria                                   20. Count Ludwig von Seefried auf Buttenheim               10. Count Otto von Seefried auf Buttenheim                       21. Emilie von Schmaltz               5. Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim                             22. Prince Leopold of Bavaria               11. Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria                       23. Gisela of Austria               1. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria                                         24. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern               12. William, Prince of Hohenzollern                       25. Antónia of Portugal               6. Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern                             26. Prince Louis, Count of Trani               13. Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                       27. Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria               3. Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen                                   28. George I of Saxony               14. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony                       29. Maria Anna of Portugal               7. Margarete Karola of Saxony                             30. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany               15. Luise of Austria-Tuscany                       31. Alice of Parma

References

• Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
• Prinz und Demokrat. Konstantin von Bayern: Ein Gedenkbuch. Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern and Arens, Hanns. München; Wien : Langen/Müller, 1979