| Margaretha of Sweden | |||||
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.png) Margaretha in 1918 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Issue | Prince Georg of Denmark Count Flemming of Rosenborg | ||||
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| House | Bernadotte | ||||
| Father | Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ingeborg of Denmark | ||||
Princess Margaretha of Sweden (Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg; 25 June 1899 – 4 January 1977) was a member of theSwedish Royal Family by birth and theDanish Royal Family by marriage. She was the elder sister ofCrown Princess Märtha of Norway andQueen Astrid of the Belgians.
Princess Margaretha was born on 25 June 1899 at her parents' summer residence, theVilla Parkudden, atDjurgården inStockholm. The eldest child and daughter ofPrince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, andPrincess Ingeborg of Denmark, she was born Princess Margaretha ofSweden and Norway (later just "of Sweden", due to thedissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905).
In 1916 Margaretha'sconfirmation attracted enthusiastic press coverage; the event was said to mark the beginning of a new age for the Swedish royal house, which had lacked princesses for so long.
On 22 May 1919, at theStorkyrkan, Stockholm, she was married toPrince Axel of Denmark, her maternal first cousin once removed. 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.[1] Her wedding was celebrated with great festivities in Stockholm.
They had two sons:
She was a maternal aunt of KingHarald V of Norway and KingsBaudouin andAlbert II of Belgium; and grandaunt of KingPhilippe of Belgium and Grand DukeHenri of Luxembourg.
Margaretha adjusted herself well in Denmark, which she had often visited on family occasions during her upbringing. She lived a private life devoted to her family on the estate Bernstorffshøj in Gentofte and generally avoided publicity, and kept in close contact with her relations abroad. She was interested in social issues in Sweden, and became the patron of several charity organisations in Denmark, and was the chairperson of Gentofte Børnevenner.
She was a leading guest at the1947 wedding ofPrincess Elizabeth andPhilip, Duke of Edinburgh.[2]
After the death of her sisterQueen Astrid of Belgium in 1935, she became a great support for her sister's young children in Belgium. After the death of her other sister, the NorwegianCrown Princess Märtha in 1954, she also became a great support for her sister's children in Norway. She was the godmother of Astrid's grandchildren, the twinsPrince Jean of Luxembourg andPrincess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, as well as Märtha's daughterPrincess Ragnhild, and granddaughter, princessMärtha 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, theNobel Prize. To her family, she was affectionately known as "Tante Ta" ("Aunt Ta").
She died in Kongsted, nearFakse,Denmark, in 1977.
 Marital arms of Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Denmark | .svg) Arms as displayed inRiddarholmen Church inStockholm |
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