Princess Gisela | |||||
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Margravine of Meissen | |||||
Born |
Schloss Leutstetten, near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany |
10 September 1964 ||||
Spouse | Alexander, Margrave of Meissen (m. 1987) | ||||
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 |
Full name | |
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German: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde |
Princess Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde of Bavaria (Full German name: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde, Prinzessin von Bayern) (born 10 September 1964 at Schloss Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany) 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 of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Theresa of Austria. Through her father, Gisela is a great-granddaughter of Ludwig III, the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
She is a cousin of Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, Prince Eudes of Orléans-Braganza. She is also a second cousin of Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa. She is also a fourth cousin of Carl, Duke of Württemberg. She is a fifth cousin of Karl von Habsburg and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.
Through her marriage, she is the Margravine of Meissen.