Margaret of Connaught

Princess Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Nora hof Connaught, called “Daisy” by her family. She was known as Crown Princess Margareta in Sweden.

Daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) and Luise Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917).

Born: Bagshot Park, Windsor 15. Jan 1882

Christened: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle 11. Mar 1882

Godparents:

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (paternal grandmother)

• The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII. of the United Kingdom, paternal uncle)

• Wilhelm I. German Emperor (her mother’s great uncle)

• Augusta, German Empress

• Friedrich, German Crown Prince (later Empror Friedrich III.)

• Victoria, German Crown Princess (born Princess of the United Kingdom, paternal aunt)

• Maria Anna, Princess of Prussia (born Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, maternal grandmother)

Married: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle 15. Jun 1905 Gustaf Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, who succeeded as Gustaf VI. Adolf, King of Sweden in 1950 (1882-1973), son of Gustaf V. King of Sweden (1858-1950) and his wife Viktoria, Princess of Baden (1862-1930).

Issue:

• Gustaf Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Västerbotten (1906-1947) m. 1932 Sibylla, Princess of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha (1908-1972)

• Sigvard, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Uppland, cr. Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg in 1951 (1907-2002) m. 1934 (div. 1943) Erica Patzek (1911); m. 1943 (div. 1961) Sonja Robbert (1909-2004); m. 1961 Marianne Lindberg (1924)

• Ingrid, Princess of Sweden (1910-2000) m. 1935 Frederik IX. King of Denmark (1899-1972)

• Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Halland (1912-1997) m. 1976 Lilian Davies (1915)

• Carl Johan, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Dalarna, cr. Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg in 1951 (1916) m. 1946 Kerstin Wijkmark (1910-1987); m. 1988 Gunilla Grevinnan Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1923)

Died: Stockholm 1. May 1920 from an infection following a mastoid operation. At the time of her death she was expecting her sixth child.

Buried: Karlsborg Island, Solna, Sweden

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997;  Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm