- Princess Margaret of Denmark
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For other people of the same name, see Margaret of Denmark (disambiguation).
Princess Margaret Spouse Prince René of Bourbon-Parma Issue Jacques
Anne, Queen of Romania
Michel
AndreFather Prince Valdemar of Denmark Mother Princess Marie of Orleans Born 17 September 1895 Died 18 September 1992 (aged 97) Religion Roman Catholicism Princess Margaret of Denmark (Prinsesse Margrethe Françoise Louise Marie Helene til Danemark) (17 September 1895, Bernstorff Palace – 18 September 1992, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a princess of Denmark and Iceland by birth and a princess of Bourbon-Parma as the wife of Prince René of Parma.
Her parents were Prince Valdemar of Denmark, youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), and Princess Marie d'Orleans. Her parents had agreed beforehand that their all sons will be raised Lutheran, their father's creed, and all their daughters Roman Catholic, their mother's faith. She was the first Danish princess since the Reformation born a Roman Catholic.
She married a Catholic prince, her mother's relative, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (Schwarzau, 17 October 1894 – Hellerup, Copenhagen, 30 July 1962) on 9 June 1921 in Copenhagen. He was the third youngest son (and seventh surviving son) of the many children of Robert I, Duke of Parma. His mother was the Duke's second wife Princess Maria Antonia, daughter of the exiled King Miguel I of Portugal. René was the brother of Empress Zita of Austria and of Felix, the consort of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.[citation needed]
René and Margrethe had four children;
- Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (9 June 1922 – 5 November 1964); married 1947 to Birgitte Alexandra Maria, comtess of Holstein-Ledreborg (1922–2009). He was a motorsport-enthusiast, but killed in a traffic accident on a highway in Denmark. They have three children.
- Anne of Parma (born 18 September 1923); married king Michael I of Romania
- Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (born 4 March 1926)
- Prince André of Bourbon-Parma (6 March 1928 – October 2011)
In June 1951, Margaret was travelling in a car her husband was driving when they ran over a 22 year-old man called Jaja Sorensen, who died soon after being taken to hospital.[1]
The family was relatively poor. They chiefly resided in France. In 1939 the family fled from the Nazis and escaped to Spain. From there they went to Portugal and then to the United States. She died one day after her 97th birthday, on the 69th birthday of her daughter Anne. She is still the longest lived member of Danish Royal House.[citation needed]
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- ^ (See http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es of 19 June 1951)
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1st generation 2nd generation Louise, Princess Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe · Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland · Princess Thyra · Princess Dagmar, Mrs. Jørgen Castenskiold · Alexandra, Grand Duchess Paul Alexandrovich of Russia* · Maria Grand Duchess George Mikhailovich of Russia* · Princess Olga* · Margaret, Princess René of Parma3rd generation Feodora, Princess Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe · Caroline-Mathilde, Princess Knud of Denmark · Alexandrine-Louise, Countess Luitpold of Castell-Castell · Helen, Queen of Romania* · Irene, Queen of Croatia and Duchess of Aosta* · Lady Katherine Brandram* · Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino* · Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia* · Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach* · Marina, Duchess of Kent* · Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg* · Theodora, Margravine of Baden* · Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine* · Sophie, Princess George William of Hanover*4th generation Margrethe II · Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg · Anne-Marie, Queen of the Hellenes · Princess Elisabeth · Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia* · Sofía, Queen of Spain* · Princess Irene*5th generation 6th generation * also a princess of Greece 2nd Generation 3rd Generation Margherita Aldobrandini*4th Generation 5th Generation none6th Generation 7th Generation none8th Generation none9th Generation 10th Generation 11th Generation 12th Generation Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois13th Generation Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies · Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal · Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies · Infanta Adelgundes of Portgual14th Generation Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria · Hedwig de La Rochefoucauld · Madeleine de Bourbon* · Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg · Princess Margaret of Denmark · Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy · Princess Margaret of Thurn and Taxis · Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium^! · Joan Douglas Dillon*^!15th Generation Princess Irene of the Netherlands · Countess Brigitte of Holstein-Ledreborg · Princess Yolande of Broglie-Revel · Princess Maria Pia of Savoy16th Generation Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg · Constance de Ravinel**did not have a royal or noble title by birth
^also princess of Luxembourg by marriage
!also princess of Nassau by marriageCategories:- House of Bourbon-Parma
- 1895 births
- 1992 deaths
- Danish princesses
- House of Glücksburg (Denmark)
- Princesses of Bourbon-Parma
- Burials at Roskilde Cathedral
- European royalty stubs
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