Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
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Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
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Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla) (born 2 June 1938), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. She is the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. Her brother is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Biography
Marriage and children
Princess Désirée's engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld, born at Koberg Castle, Sweden on 31 May 1934, son of Baron Carl Silfverschiöld and wife Madeleine Bennich, was announced on 18 December 1963, and the couple married the next year on 5 June 1964 in Storkyrkan in Stockholm. As a result of her non-royal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and was named Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld.
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld's marriage has produced three children:
- Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 22 March 1965) married in the presence of the complete Royal family in 2005 to Maria Fredriksson (b. Slottsstaden, Malmö, 12 April 1965); they have one daughter.
- Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 29 September 1966), married Baron Hans de Geer af Finspång (b. Stockholm, 26 January 1963), and had three children. Their son, Ian De Geer, was a Page Boy at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. [1]
- Baroness Helene Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 20 September 1968, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976, and in the same year also for Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden.
Royal duties
Princess Désirée lives in the Silfvershiöld family's home at castle Koberg. She takes part in Swedish Royal Family events. Princess Désirée and Baron Silfverschiöld are occasionally invited to state dinners and receptions in Sweden.
With her family, she was a guest at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling, where her grandson Ian was a pageboy.[2] Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld is Crown Princess Victoria's godmother.
Ancestry
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Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
Born: 2 June 1938 |
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| Preceded by Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Baron Carl Silfverschiöld |
References
- ^ http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5493
- ^ "Royal wedding guest list published". Stockholm News. http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5493. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
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