House Wittelsbach Mother Ursula Mohlenkamp Children Princess Alva | Religion Roman Catholicism Cousins Princess Bernadette Name Prince of | |
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Born 27 December 1972 (age 51)
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany ( 1972-12-27 ) Issue Prince Leopold
Princess Alva
Prince Gabriel Father Prince Leopold of Bavaria Spouse Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (m. 2005) Grandparents Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, Princess Maria Adelgunde Alice Luise Josephine of Hohenzollern Similar People Princess Anna of Bavaria, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria | ||
Parents Prince Leopold of Bavaria | ||
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.
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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. The couple has two sons and a daughter together: