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Wedding of Prince Manuel of Bavaria and Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Royal Guests and Relatives gathered to celebrate the Wedding of Prince Manuel of Bavaria and Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg at the Stigtomta Church in Sweden on this day in 2005, 20 years ago, followed by a Banquet at the Nääs Säteri Estate.

Prince Manuel of Bavaria, son of Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula of Bavaria, married Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishu, at the Stigtomta Church in Sweden, near her maternal family’s Nääs Säteri estate following a Bavarian ‘Trachten’ party the previous evening. The couple have four children and reside in Germany.

Royal Guests and Relatives were led by King Carl XVI Gustaf (in the Order of the Seraphim) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (wearing the Connaught Diamond Tiara)

Crown Princess Victoria (in the Baden Fringe Tiara), Prince Carl Philip  and Princess Madeleine of Sweden (wearing the Modern Fringe Tiara)

Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula of Bavaria (wearing the Bavarian Sunburst Tiara and Bavarian Amethyst Parure)

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria (in the Douglas Floral Tiara), Duchess Helene, and Duchess Maria Anna in Bavaria

Princess Beatrix of Bavaria (wearing Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara)

Duke Philipp and Duchess Marie-Caroline of Württemberg (wearing the Bavarian Pearl and Diamond Floral Tiara and Topaz Suite)

The Prince and Princess zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg (in the Oettingen-Spielberg Tiara)

Also present were Duke Franz of Bavaria, Prince Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Prince Philipp von Hessen, Hereditary Prince Christian zu Fürstenberg, the Prince and Princess von Bismarck, and Countess Gunilla von Bismarck among a host of Royal and Noble Guests from around Europe.

Bavarian Sunburst Tiara

Bavarian Amethyst Parure

Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara

Bavarian Ruby Tiara

Diamond and Pearl Tiara

Pearl and Diamond Floral Tiara

Douglas Floral Tiara

Diamond Rosette Tiara

Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara

Bavarian Sunburst Tiara

Bavarian Amethyst Parure

Prussian Meander Tiara

Prussian Sapphire Parure

Fabergé Tiara

Prussian Ruby Parure

Sapphire and Pearl Brooch

Hanoverian Floral Tiara

Brunswick Tiara

Hannover Diamond Necklace Tiara

Prussian Diamond Tiara

Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown

Hanoverian Crown Pearls

Sapphire Tiara

Diamond Scroll Tiara

Württemberg Diamond Tiara

Ruby Tiara

Emerald Floral Tiara

Baden Sunburst Tiara

Baden Ruby Laurel Wreath Tiara

Thurn und Taxis Sapphire Tiara

Emerald Tiara

Emerald and Ruby Choker

Sapphire Bow Brooch

Princess Olga’s Emerald Earrings

Hesse Emerald Brooch

Thurn und Taxis Tiaras

Habsburg Fringe Tiara 

Kinsky Tiara

Douglas Floral Tiara

Sapphire Suite

Diamond Earrings

 

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