Princess Margaretha of Sweden

For the present-day Princess Margaretha, please refer to Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler.

Princess Margaretha Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Denmark Spouse Prince Axel of Denmark Issue Prince George Valdemar of Denmark Prince Flemming of Denmark Full name Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg House House of Bernadotte House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Father Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland Mother Princess Ingeborg of Denmark Born (1899-06-25)25 June 1899 Stora Parkudden, Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden Died 4 January 1977(1977-01-04) (aged 77) Tranemosegård, Fakse, Zealand Denmark

Swedish Royalty House of Bernadotte Charles XIV John Children    Oscar I Oscar I Children    Charles XV    Gustaf, Duke of Upland    Oscar II    Princess Eugenie    August, Duke of Dalarna Charles XV Children    Lovisa, Queen of Denmark    Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland Oscar II Children    Gustaf V    Oscar, Duke of Gotland    Eugén, Duke of Närke    Carl, Duke of Västergötland Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway    Astrid, Queen of Belgium    Carl, Duke of Östergötland Gustaf V Children    Gustaf VI Adolf    Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland    Erik, Duke of Västmanland Gustaf VI Adolf Children    Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten    Sigvard, Duke of Uppland    Ingrid, Queen of Denmark    Bertil, Duke of Halland    Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Princess Birgitta    Princess Désirée    Princess Christina    Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf Children    Crown Princess Victoria    Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland    Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland Grandchildren    Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway, later just of Sweden, Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg (Stockholm, 25 June 1899 – Kongsted, near Fakse, Denmark, 3/4 January 1977) was a Princess of Sweden by birth and Princess of Denmark by marriage. She was the eldest child of Prince Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.

Early life

On the confirmation of Margaretha in 1916, the press gave the event an enthusiastic coverage and remarked that a new age had come to the Swedish royal house, which had lacked princesses for so long.

Marriage and family

On 22 May 1919 she married her first cousin once removed, Prince Axel of Denmark, in Stockholm. They had two sons:

• Prince George Valdemar Karl Axel of Denmark (1920–1986)
• Prince Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel (1922–2002)

The marriage was a love match: her mother remarked that the couple were so much in love that they could not be left alone in a furnished room.^{[citation needed]} Her wedding was celebrated with great festivities in Stockholm.

Royal duties

She was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ^[1]

After the death of her sister, the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha in 1954, she became a great support for her sister's children in Norway: she was the god-mother of princess Märtha Louise of Norway.

Her spouse died in 1964. As a widow, she was often back in Sweden, where she would join other members of the Swedish royal house in representative duties at official ceremonies, most notably for the Nobel Prize.

She died in 1977.

Ancestry

References

• Staffan Skott: Alla dessa Bernadottar (All these Bernadottes) (1996) (In Swedish)

External links

• Royal House of Sweden and Royal House of Norway
• Royal House of Denmark and Royal House of Iceland

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