Princess Margareta of Romania
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Princess Margareta in April 2009
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26 March 1949 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Spouse | Radu Duda (m. 1996) |
| House | Romania |
| Father | King Michael I of Romania |
| Mother | Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodox |
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Styles of Crown Princess Margareta of Romania |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern (born 26 March 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is the eldest daughter of King Michael I of Romania and his wife Queen Anne. Princess Margareta's father named her the heir presumptive to Romania's abolished throne in 1997.
Margareta has four sisters and no brothers or children. Her heir is her next sister, Princess Elena of Romania. According to the defunct last democratic royal Constitution of 1923 which barred women from wearing the crown, Margareta and her sisters could not succeed to the throne of Romania (see also "Line of succession to the Romanian throne").
On 30 December 2007, King Michael designated Princess Margareta as heir presumptive to the throne by an act which is not recognized by the Romanian Republic and lacks legal validity without approval by Romania's Parliament. On the same occasion, Michael also requested that, should the Romanian Parliament consider restoring the monarchy, the Salic law of succession not be reinstated, allowing female succession. According to the new statute of the Romanian Royal House as declared by Michael, no illegitimate descendants or collateral lines may claim dynastic privileges, titles or rank and any such are excluded from the Royal House of Romania and from the line of succession to the throne.
Margareta was born in exile 26 March 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland as the first of King Michael I and Queen Anne's five daughters. She was baptised in the Romanian Orthodox Church; her godfather is Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was followed by four sisters: Princess Elena (born 1950), Princess Irina (born 1953), Princess Sophie (born 1957) and Princess Maria (born 1964).
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