Gisela, Margravine of Meissen

Princess Gisela of Bavaria
Margravine of Meissen
Spouse Alexander, Margrave of Meissen
Issue Prince Georg Philipp
Prince Moritz Gabriel
Prince Paul Clemens
Princess Maria Teresita
Full name
German: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde
House House of Wittelsbach
House of Saxe-Gessaphe
Father Prince Rasso of Bavaria
Mother Archduchess Theresa of Austria
Born 10 September 1964
Schloss Leutstetten, near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Religion Roman Catholic
Saxon Royal Family

Princess Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde of Bavaria (Full German name: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde, Prinzessin von Bayern[1][2]) (born 10 September 1964 at Schloss Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany[1][2]) is a Princess of Bavaria and member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth and a Princess of Saxe-Gessaphe and member of the House of Saxe-Gessaphe by marriage.

Gisela is the seventh and youngest child[1][2] of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Theresa of Austria.[1][2] Through her father, Gisela is a great-granddaughter of Ludwig III, the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Through her marriage, she is the Margravine of Meissen.

Princess Gisela [3] was a guest at the 2011 wedding of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Sophie of Isenburg.[4]

Marriage and issue

Gisela married Alexander de Afif, son of Roberto de Afif, Prince of Gessaphe and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony,[1][2] civilly on 3 April 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico and religiously on 28 September 1987 at Andechs Abbey.[1][2] Gisela and Alexander have four children:[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

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Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Darryl Lundy (24 May 2004). "Gisela Prinzessin von Bayern". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Paul Theroff. "BAVARIA". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  3. ↑ "GISELA PRINZESSIN VON BAYERN PICTURES".
  4. ↑ "Royal Fashion Awards: The Prince of Prussia's Wedding Ceremony". Order of Splendor.