Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein
Prince Gundakar Albert Alfred Petrus of Liechtenstein is a member of the princely family of Liechtenstein. He is the second child and eldest son of Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein and Princess Clotilde von Thurn und Taxis.
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.
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, daughter of Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg, and had issue:- Princess Léopoldine Eléonore Thérèse Marie of Liechtenstein, her godparents are Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême and Princess Eleonore of Liechtenstein. She is godmother to her first cousin Princess Antoinette of Orléans, eldest daughter of the duke and duchess of Vendôme. She is currently engaged to Bruno Walter Pedrosa João.
- Princess Marie Immaculata Elisabeth Rose Aldegunde of Liechtenstein, her godparents are Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme. She is godmother to her first cousin Princess Jacinthe of Orléans, youngest daughter of the duke and duchess of Vendôme.
- Prince Johann Wenzel Karl Emmeran Bonifatius Maria of Liechtenstein, his godparents are Princess Blanche of Orléans and Prince Emmeran of Liechtenstein. He is godfather to his first cousin Prince Joseph of Orléans, younger son of the duke and duchess of Vendôme. Married Countess Felicitas von Hartig civilly on 30 April 2023 and religiously in Vienna on 10 June 2023. They have a daughter, Princess Josefine.
- Princess Margarete Franciska Daria Wilhelmine Marie of Liechtenstein, her godparents are Prince François, Count of Clermont and Princess Daria of Thurn und Taxis. She is godmother to her first cousin Princess Louise-Marguerite of Orléans, middle daughter of the duke and duchess of Vendôme.
- Prince Gabriel Karl Bonaventura Alfred Valerian Maria of Liechtenstein, his godparents are Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Madame Gilles Lambotte, née Maria-Edla de Rambuteau.