Margareta Fouché d'Otrante, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (28 March 1909 – 25 August 2005) was the wife ofGustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and mother ofRichard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who marriedPrincess Benedikte of Denmark.

The daughter ofCharles Louis Fouché, 6th Duke of Otranto (a descendant of Napoleonic statesmanJoseph Fouché) and his first wife, Countess Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Douglas (a descendant ofLouis I, Grand Duke of Baden), she was born Margareta Fouché d'Otrante in Elghammar, Sweden.

Her husband,Rittmeister Gustav Albrecht, was the head of themediatized princely house ofSayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. He went missing in action in 1944, duringWorld War II, and was declared legally dead in 1969. From 1944 to 1955, after her husband was reported missing, Margareta became the guardian for her son, Prince Richard, and managed her late husband's properties. The family went into exile in her nativeSweden. Prince Richard later marriedPrincess Benedikte of Denmark, sister ofMargrethe II andAnne-Marie of Greece.

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