Prince Adalbert (Etzi) of Bavaria (born 27 December 1944) is a member of the 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...

n Royal House of Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.Members of the family served as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria , Counts Palatine of the Rhine , Margraves of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland , Elector-Archbishops of Cologne , Dukes of...

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Early life

Adalbert was born in Krauchenwies

Krauchenwies

Krauchenwies is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Geography:Krauchenwies lies about 10 km south of Sigmaringen and 25 km north of Lake Constance...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 and is the second son of Prince Konstantin of Bavaria

Prince Konstantin of Bavaria

Prince Konstantin of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, journalist, author and a German politician.-Early life:Konstantin was born in Munich, Bavaria...

 and his first wife Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Marriage

On 9 May 1978 Prince Adalbert married Marion Malkowsky, the daughter of Wilhelm Malkowski and Margot Massengeil. The wedding took place in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. However,the couple was divorced five years later on 11 November 1983.

On 21 February 1986 Prince Etzi married for the second time. His bride was Sandra Brigitte Burghardt, the daughter of Frank Burghardt. The civil ceremony took place in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 and the religious wedding followed a week later also in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. Initially the union was considered morganatic

Morganatic marriage

In the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage...

, but on 3 March 1999 the marriage was decreed to be dynastic in accordance with the Bavarian house laws. The couple has two children together.

• Princess Bernadette of Bavaria (b. 1986)
• Prince Hubertus of Bavaria (b. 1989)

Ancestry