Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein

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Prince Gundakar
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Prince Gundakar in 2012
Born (1949-04-01) 1 April 1949 (age 75)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse
Issue Princess Leopoldine
Princess Marie Immaculée
Prince Johann
Princess Margarete
Prince Gabriel
Names
Gundakar Albert Alfred Petrus
House Liechtenstein
FatherPrince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein
MotherPrincess Clotilde von Thurn und Taxis

Prince Gundakar Albert Alfred Petrus of Liechtenstein (born 1 April 1949 in Vienna) is a prince from Liechtenstein. He is the second child and eldest son of Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein and Princess Clotilde von Thurn und Taxis.

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Biography

Prince Gundakar was born on 1 April 1949 in Vienna to Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein and Princess Clotilde von Thurn und Taxis. His father was the son of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess Theresia zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein. His mother was the daughter of Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Maria Ana of Braganza.

He is a graduate of the Royal Agricultural College in England, having attended school as a child in Austria. After working six years in a Brazilian bank, he bought extensive farm lands in the Mato Grosso region. Thereafter he proceeded to spend four months a year in Brazil and the remainder in Austria, where he manages his 3500 hectare agricultural estate in Styria. [1]

Marriage and issue

He married civilly in Dreux on 22 July 1989 and religiously in Friedrichshafen on 29 July 1989 Princess Marie Isabelle Marguerite Anne Geneviève d'Orléans (b. Boulogne-sur-Seine, 3 January 1959), daughter of Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg, and had issue:

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References

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Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein
Born: 1 April 1949
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Johannes
Line of succession to
the Liechtensteiner throne

33rd position
Succeeded by
Prince Johann