Princess Birgitta of Sweden
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Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Hohenzollern (Birgitta Ingeborg Alice, born 19 January 1937) is a sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She was born at Haga Palace in Stockholm County.
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[edit] Family
She is the second child of late Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and late Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha and a granddaughter of late King Gustaf VI Adolf. Her sisters are Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, and Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson.
She is the estranged wife of HSH Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern.
Among her sisters she alone married a man of princely status, and, in keeping with the tradition that royal princesses who marry royal princes retain their premarital styles, Princess Birgitta retained her Swedish style of Royal Highness.[1] A Princess (consort) of Hohenzollern would normally be entitled to the style of Serene Highness.
[edit] Marriage
On a visit in 1959 to friends and relatives in Germany, the princess met her future husband at a cocktail party.
On 15 December 1960, her engagement to Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael, Prince of Hohenzollern (b. 1932), was announced.
The civil ceremony took place at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 25 May 1961, and the religious in the Sankt Johann Church at the bridegroom's Family Palace of Sigmaringen on 30 May/ 31 July 1961. The bridesmaids were the bride’s sister Princess Christina and cousin Princess Benedikte of Denmark; the groomsmen were the bride's brother Crown Prince Carl Gustaf and her cousin Count Michael Bernadotte of Wisborg (son of Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg).[2]
Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta separated in 1990, though they remain legally married. She lives on the island Majorca in Spain, while her husband, known as "Hansi," lives in Munich and is an art expert, the director of a museum and board member of Christies.
[edit] Public life
Princess Birgitta performs a lot of assignments for golf and charity (not in Sweden), and is an Honorary Board Member of the Royal Swedish Golf Society [1](which she took over when her uncle Prince Bertil died).
She has her own golf competition in Majorca, the Princess Birgitta Trophy, at her home golf course.
She participates in the celebrations of the Swedish Lucia every year, and in the party held at her golf club on Sweden’s National Day.
She also takes part in Swedish royal family events; with her husband and children, she was a guest at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. [3]
[edit] Issue
Princess Birgitta's marriage has produced three children:
- HSH Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (b. 5 April 1962 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany), married to Nicole Helene Neschitsch (b. 22 January 1968 in Munich). They had one son.
- HSH Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (b. Munich, Bavaria, Germany 27 November 1963); married firstly Heinrich Franz Josef Georg Maria, Hereditary Count of Ortenburg (b. Bamberg 1956); three children; divorced in 2002. Married secondly Eckbert von Bohlen und Halbach (b. 1956).
- HSH Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (b. Munich, Bavaria, Germany 10 June 1966), married to Uta Maria König (b. Trier 25 February 1964).
| Styles of Princess Birgitta |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms
[edit] Titles and styles
- 19 January 1937 – 25 May 1961: Her Royal Highness Princess Birgitta of Sweden
- 25 May 1961 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Birgitta of Hohenzollern, Princess of Sweden
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