Princess Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde of Bavaria (Full German

German language

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 name: Gisela Maria Karolina Adelgunde, Prinzessin von Bayern) (born 10 September 1964 at Schloss Leutstetten near Starnberg

Starnberg

The city of Starnberg is in Bavaria, Germany, some 30 km south-west of Munich. It lies at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country", and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

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) is a Princess of Bavaria and member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth and a Princess of Saxe-Gessaphe

Saxe-Gessaphe

Saxe-Gessaphe is the name of a family descended in the female line from former kings of Saxony, a member of which has been recognized by the pretender to that throne as eventual heir to the deposed dynasty's rights...

 and member of the House of Saxe-Gessaphe

Saxe-Gessaphe

Saxe-Gessaphe is the name of a family descended in the female line from former kings of Saxony, a member of which has been recognized by the pretender to that throne as eventual heir to the deposed dynasty's rights...

 by marriage. Gisela is the seventh and youngest child of Prince Rasso of Bavaria

Prince Rasso of Bavaria

Prince Rasso of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.-Early life:Rasso was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria...

 and his wife Archduchess Theresa of Austria

Archduchess Theresa of Austria (b. 1931)

Archduchess Theresa Monika Valerie Elisabeth Ludovika Walburga Anna of Austria, full German name: Theresa Monika Valerie Elisabeth Ludovika Walburga Anna, Erzherzogin von Österreich is a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and...

. Through her father, Gisela is a great-granddaughter of Ludwig III

Ludwig III of Bavaria

Ludwig III , was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918.-Early life:...

, the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...

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Marriage and issue

Gisela married Alexander de Afif

Prince Alexander of Saxe-Gessaphe

Prince Alexander of Saxe-Gessaphe , is the adopted heir of Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, and a businessman with Lebanese, Mexican and German roots....

, son of Roberto de Afif, Prince of Gessaphe and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony

Princess Anna of Saxony (b. 1929)

Princess Maria Anna Josepha of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony is a Princess of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin by birth and a Princess of Gessaphe and member of the House of Afif-Gessaphe by marriage...

, civilly on 3 April 1987 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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 and religiously on 28 September 1987 at Andechs Abbey. Gisela and Alexander have four children:

• Prince Georg Philipp of Saxe-Gessaphe
  Prince Georg Philipp of Saxe-Gessaphe
  Prince Georg Philipp of Saxe-Gessaphe, , is the eldest son and heir of Prince Alexander of Saxe-Gessaphe and Princess Gisela of Bavaria.He stands to become pretender to the Saxon throne after his...
  
   (b. Mexico City 24 May 1988)
• Prince Mauricio Gabriel Robert of Saxe-Gessaphe (b. Mexico City 14 Sep 1989)
• Prince Paul Clemens of Saxe-Gessaphe (b. Mexico City 23 Mar 1993)
• Princess Maria Teresita Anna Louise Caroline Lucardis of Saxe-Gessaphe (born Dresden 7 July 1999)

Titles and styles

• 10 September 1964 – 3 April 1987: Her Royal Highness Princess Gisela of Bavaria
• 3 April 1987–1999: Her Royal Highness Gisela de Afif, Princess of Gessaphe, Princess of Bavaria
• 1999 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Gisela of Saxe-Gessaphe, Princess of Bavaria

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