HRH Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden

First wife of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden)
Granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom


Date & place of birth January 15, 1882 Bagshot Park, Surrey
Born as HRH Princess Margaret of Connaught
Names Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Noah

Father Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Mother Prince Luise of Prussia (Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later Windsor (born) Bernadotte (marriage)
Consort Crown Princess of Sweden December 8, 1907-May 1, 1920
Tenure 11 years 144 days
Predecessor Princess Victoria of Baden





Siblings (2)
Eldest of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
Prince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn
Princess Patricia of Connaught and Strathearn (Lady Ramsay)





Married June 15, 1905 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
Spouse Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden)





Issue (5)
(4 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
Prince Sigvard of Sweden (Count of Wisborg)
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Prince Bertil of Sweden
Prince Carl Johan of Sweden





Grandchildren (11)
(3 grandsons, 8 granddaughters)
Princess Margareta of Sweden
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Princess Desiree of Sweden
Princess Margrethe of Denmark (Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)
Princess Christina of Sweden
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Michael Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden (King Carl XVI of Sweden)
Princess Anne Marie (Queen Anne Marie, former Queen consort of the Hellenes)
Monica Bernadotte
Christian Bernadotte





Died May 1, 1920 Royal Palace, Stockholm (age 38)
Place of burial Royal Haga Cemetery, Stockholm





Titles
HRH Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Skane, Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Skane, Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from July 17, 1917)





Paternal grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn*
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Margaret is a paternal great-great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain*





Maternal grandparents
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Karl of Prussia
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt
Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia