Prince Manuel of Bavaria

Prince Manuel Prince Manuel and his wife at the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling Born 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 Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein HRH Princess Marie-Caroline HRH Princess Hélène HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Princess Maria Anna HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt Extended family members

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:

• Prince Leopold Maria Bengt Karl Manuel of Bavaria (b. 13 June 2007)
• Princess Alva Manuelle Maria Petra Yvonne of Bavaria (b. 5 January 2010)
• Prince Gabriel of Bavaria (b. 11 November 2014)^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Manuel of Bavaria

16. Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria               8. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria                       17. Infanta María de la Paz of Spain               4. Prince Konstantin of Bavaria                             18. Count Otto von Seefried auf Buttenheim               9. Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim                       19. Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria               2. Prince Leopold of Bavaria                                   20. William, Prince of Hohenzollern               10. Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern                       21. Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies               5. Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen                             22. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony               11. Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony                       23. Luise of Austria-Tuscany               1. Prince Manuel of Bavaria                                         6. Wilhelm Möhlenkamp                             3. Ursula Möhlenkamp                                   7. Ingeborg Brauckmann

References

• Ich habe einen Traum. DIE ZEIT, 18 September 2003. Nr.39
• Royal Wedding: European Royal History Journal 2005: volume 8.4, page 19.

Notes

1. European Royal History Journal 2005: volume 8.4, page 19
2. Online Gotha - Bavaria