Ragnhild of Norway
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Princess Ragnhild Alexandra of Norway (born June 9, 1930 in Oslo ; † September 16, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) was the eldest daughter of King Olav V and Märtha of Sweden and belonged to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glücksburg , a branch line of the House of Oldenburg . Since the wedding in 1953 with the industrialist Erling Lorentzen , she was officially called Princess Ragnhild, Frau Lorentzen ( prinsesse Ragnhild, fru Lorentzen ).
Life
Princess Ragnhild was born on June 9, 1930 in the Royal Castle of Oslo. Her baptismal name was Ragnhild Alexandra. She was the first child of Olav V. of Norway and his wife Märtha of Sweden . Princess Ragnhild was the sister of the current Norwegian King Harald V . and Princess Astrid . She was the first Norwegian princess to be born on Norwegian soil in 629 years.
The princess grew up on the Skaugum estate . After the German invasion in Norway in 1940, the royal family fled from Oslo, first to Sweden, then to the USA. The princess lived there with her mother and siblings in Washington, DC until 1945. Then the family moved back to Skaugum.
On May 15, 1953, she married the industrialist Erling Sven Lorentzen (born January 28, 1923), a member of the middle-class Lorentzen family , in the church of Asker . Since the wedding she was officially called Princess Ragnhild, Frau Lorentzen (Norwegian: prinsesse Ragnhild, fru Lorentzen ).
Since they got married, she lived with her family in Rio de Janeiro. Your husband is a businessman. He owned shares in the Aracruz cellulose factory .
With her husband she became the mother of three children:
- Haakon Lorentzen (born August 23, 1954) has been married to Martha Carvalho de Freitas (born April 5, 1958) since 1982. You live in Brazil and have three children together:
- Olav Alexander Lorentzen (born July 11, 1985)
- Christian Frederik Lorentzen (born May 23, 1988)
- Sophia Anne Lorentzen (born June 28, 1994)
- Ingeborg Lorentzen (born February 27, 1957) has been married to the Brazilian Paulo César Pereira Ribeiro (born November 29, 1956) since 1982. She has a daughter with him:
- Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (born December 19, 1988)
- Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (born May 8, 1968) has been married to Aaron Matthew Long since 2003. She lives with him in San Francisco, USA. They have two daughters together:
- Alexandra Lorentzen Long (born December 14, 2007).
- Elizabeth Lorentzen Long (born March 2011)
Princess Ragnhild died on September 16, 2012 at her home in Rio de Janeiro.
Others
A stretch of the Antarctic coast ( Queen Maud Land ) is named after the princess ( Princess Ragnhild Coast ).
Ragnhild, as a woman born before 1971, was never part of the Norwegian line of succession . However, she was the great-granddaughter of Edward VII in the British (most recently at number 77). Their children are excluded from the line of succession because they are married to Catholics. However, her grandchildren Olav Alexander, Christian Frederik, Sophia Anne and Victoria Ragna are ranked 80 to 83 (as of August 2013).
Web links
- Biography on the website of the royal family: Her Highness Princess Ragnhild (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Ragnhild of Norway |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian noblewoman, Princess of Norway |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2012 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |