Margaretha of Denmark
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Princess Margaretha of Denmark , full name Margaretha Françoise Louise Marie Helene of Denmark (born September 17, 1895 at Bernstorff Castle on the island of Zealand , † September 18, 1992 in Copenhagen ) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and was by marriage to a princess of Bourbon-Parma .
Life
Margaretha was the only daughter of five children of the admiral of the Danish fleet, Prince Waldemar of Denmark (1858-1939), and his wife, the French princess Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène (1865-1909), the eldest daughter of Robert d'Orléans, duc de Chartres and Françoise d'Orléans. The paternal grandparents were the Danish King Christian IX. and his wife, Louise von Hessen .
On June 9, 1921, Princess Margaretha married Prince René Karl Maria Joseph von Bourbon-Parma (1894–1962), a son of the last Duke of Parma , Piacenza and Guastalla , Robert I , and his second wife Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal in Copenhagen . He was the brother of the last Austrian Empress Zita and of Franz Xaver von Bourbon-Parma ( Francisco Javier I ).
Princess Margaretha officially lost membership of the Danish royal house and the right to the throne through her marriage to the Catholic prince René von Bourbon-Parma. The prince couple lived with their children mainly in France at Castle Eu . In 1939, the family fled from the Nazis to Spain ; from there they emigrated to the United States via Portugal .
progeny
The marriage, which all reports said was harmonious, had four children:
- Jacques Maria Antoine Robert Waldemar Charles Felix Sixte Ansgar (1922–1964)
⚭ 1947 Birgitte Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg (1922–2009) -
Anna Maria Antonie Françoise Zita Marguerite (1923–2016)
⚭ 1948 Ex-King Michael I of Romania (1921–2017) - Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar (1926-2018)
- ⚭ 1951–1966 Yolande Princess de Broglie-Revel (* 1928)
- ⚭ 2003 Maria Pia Princess of Savoy (* 1934)
- André Marie (1928–2011) ⚭ 1960 Marina Gacry (* 1935)
literature
- The great dynasties, Karl Müller Verlag (1996) ISBN 3-86070-561-X
- European royal houses, VGS publishing company Cologne (1991)
Web links
- Margrethe Françoise zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Denmark on thepeerage.com , accessed on October 4, 2015.
- Online Gotha
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Margaretha of Denmark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margaretha of Bourbon-Parma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish nobles, member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernstorff Castle on the island of Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1992 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |