FACTBOX-Madonna loses Malawi adoption bid

(Reuters) - Pop star Madonna will not be allowed to adopt a second child in Malawi, the southern African country's High Court ruled on Friday.

Here are some details about Madonna, one of the most successful pop stars of all time:

* LIFE AT HOME:

-- At a party hosted by ex-Police front man Sting she met British film director Guy Ritchie and they married in December 2000. Her son, Rocco Ritchie, was born in August 2000. The singer also has a daughter Lourdes, born in 1996, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon.

-- In September 2008 Ritchie broke his silence over rumours that their marriage was on the rocks, telling People magazine it was "fine". The following month, Madonna and Ritchie announced their split, eight years after their wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland.

-- In May 2008, a court in Malawi formally approved her adoption of David Banda, a baby boy she took home from an orphanage there. Critics accused the government of skirting laws barring non-residents from adopting children in Malawi, which has been badly affected by the AIDS epidemic.

-- Madonna appeared in a Malawi court earlier this week seeking to adopt a second child, a 4-year-old girl, Mercy James. However Malawi's High Court said on Friday her bid to adopt had been rejected because the singer was not a resident of Malawi.

* LIFE DETAILS:

-- Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan on August 16, 1958, the third of eight children in a devout Italian Catholic family.