Princess Margaret of Connaught

Margaret of Connaught
Crown Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Scania
Born(1882-01-15)15 January 1882
Bagshot Park, Surrey, England
Died1 May 1920(1920-05-01) (aged 38)
Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
Burial
Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden
Spouse
Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden (later Gustaf VI Adolf)
(m. 1905)
Issue
Names
Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha[1]
FatherPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
MotherPrincess Louise Margaret of Prussia

Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah; 15 January 1882 – 1 May 1920) was Crown Princess of Sweden 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 of the United Kingdom, and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Known in Sweden as Margareta,[2] her marriage produced five children.

  1. ^ The British part of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to which Margaret belonged, later changed its name to Windsor.
  2. ^ Från blomstergården (From the Flower Garden) a book by Margareta kronprinsessa av Sverige published by Norstedts in 1917

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