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Princess Gisela | |||||
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Margravine of Meissen | |||||
Born | Schloss Leutstetten, near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany | 10 September 1964||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Prince Georg Philipp Prince Moritz Gabriel Prince Paul Clemens Princess Maria Teresita | ||||
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House | Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Prince Rasso of Bavaria | ||||
Mother | Archduchess Theresa of Austria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Princess Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde of Bavaria (Full German name: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde, Prinzessin von Bayern[ citation needed ]) (born 10 September 1964 at Schloss Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany [ citation needed ]) 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.[ citation needed ]
Gisela is the seventh and youngest child[ citation needed ] of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Theresa of Austria.[ citation needed ] Through her father, Gisela is a great-granddaughter of Ludwig III, the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Bavaria.[ citation needed ]
Princess Gisela [1] was a guest at the 2011 wedding of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and Princess Sophie of Isenburg. [2]
Gisela married Alexander de Afif, son of Roberto de Afif, Prince of Gessaphe and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony,[ citation needed ] civilly on 3 April 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico and religiously on 28 September 1987 at Andechs Abbey.[ citation needed ] Gisela and Alexander have four children:[ citation needed ]
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