Princess Anna of Bavaria

Princess Anna
Princess Anna and her husband at the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling
Born	(1978-03-15) 15 March 1978 (age 39) Munich, Germany
Spouse	Prince Manuel of Bavaria (m. 2005)
Issue	Prince Leopold Princess Alva Prince Gabriel
Full name German: Anna-Natascha Monique Marita Thérèse Prinzessin von Bayern
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Mother	Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishus
Religion	Catholicism

Bavarian royal family

HRH The Duke of Bavaria HRH Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria HRH Princess Elisabeth 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 HRH The Dowager Duchess of Croÿ HRH The Dowager Duchess of Arenberg HRH Prince Luitpold HRH Princess Beatrix HRH Princess Auguste HRH Princess Alice HRH Prince Ludwig HRH Prince Heinrich HRH Prince Karl HI&RH Princess Theresa HRH Princess Maria-Theresia HRH Prince Franz-Josef HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Prince Wolfgang HRH Princess Beatrice HRH Prince Tassilo HRH Prince Richard HRH Prince Philipp HRH Princess Benedikta HRH Prince Christoph HRH Princess Gudila HRH Prince Corbian HRH Prince Stanislaus HRH Prince Marcello HRH Princess Odilia HRH The Margravine of Meissen HRH Princess Helene Doña María Cristina, Mrs. de Urquijo Don Fernando Doña Sofía Doña Cristina The Rt Hon The Marchioness of Castro HRH Prince Leopold HRH Princess Ursula HRH Prince Manuel HRH Princess Anna HRH Prince Leopold HRH Princess Alva HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Princess Maria del Pilar HRH Princess Maria Felipa HRH Prince Konstantin HRH Prince Adalbert HRH Princess Sandra HRH Princess Bernadette HRH Prince Hubertus HRH The Baroness of Stichsenstein

HRH The Duke of Bavaria

HRH Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
HRH Princess Elisabeth

HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg
HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt

HRH The Dowager Duchess of Croÿ
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Arenberg

HI&RH Princess Theresa

HRH Princess Helene

Princess Anna of Bavaria (German: Anna-Natascha Prinzessin von Bayern) (born 15 March 1978) is a German journalist and author, and wife of Prince Manuel of Bavaria.

Princess Anna was born Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in Munich in 1978, the daughter of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishus. She has three siblings. She graduated magna cum laude in History and Politics from Stanford University and with a MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. She is political correspondent for Bild am Sonntag, having previously written for Die Welt. She has also written biographies of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Wolfgang Bosbach.

On 6 August 2005 Princess Anna married Prince Manuel of Bavaria, the son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Ursula Möhlenkamp. 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 three children together: