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Princess Margaret of Connaught

Princess Margaret of Connaught
Crown Princess of Sweden;
Duchess of Scania
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Born (1882-01-15)15 January 1882
Bagshot Park, Surrey, United Kingdom
Died 1 May 1920(1920-05-01) (aged 38)
, , Sweden
Spouse Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden
Issue Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg
Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg
Full name
Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Mother Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
Full name
Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah

Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah; 15 January 1882 – 1 May 1920) was Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Scania as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Nicknamed Daisy and known in Sweden as Margareta, she died 30 years before her husband's accession to the throne of Sweden.

Princess Margaret was born at Bagshot Park and baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 11 March 1882 by, The Archbishop of Canterbury. Her godparents were Queen Victoria (her paternal grandmother); The German Emperor (her maternal great-granduncle, who was represented by the German Ambassador, Count Münster); the German Crown Princess (her paternal aunt, who was represented by her sister, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein); Prince and Princess Friedrich Karl of Prussia (her maternal grandparents, for whom her paternal uncle the Duke of Edinburgh and aunt The Princess Beatrice stood proxy); and the Prince of Wales (her paternal uncle).

She was also confirmed in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle in March 1898.


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