Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

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Princess Ingeborg
Duchess of Västergötland
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Spouse Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Issue
Margaretha, Princess Axel of Denmark
Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway
Astrid, Queen of the Belgians
Carl, Prince Bernadotte
Full name
Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke
Father Frederick VIII of Denmark
Mother Lovisa of Sweden
Born 2 August 1878(1878-08-02)
Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 11 March 1958 (aged 79)
Stockholm, Sweden

Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (Ingeborg Charlotta Carolina Frederikke Louise; Charlottenlund, Copenhagen, 2 August 1878 – Stockholm, 11 March/12 March 1958) was the second daughter and fifth child of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark.

She married Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland of Sweden in Copenhagen on 27 August 1897, they had four children:

Ingeborg's marriage was completely arranged, and she was later to say, that she was married of to a stranger. Despite this, however, the marriage became very happy and harmonious. Ingeborg was well liked and popular in Sweden because of her humorous, easy-going and jolly personality and her informal way of acting. She and Carl lived an informal and intimate family life with their children, and their family were generally refferred to as "Prince Carl's". In 1905, the Norwegian government discussed making them king and queen of Norway, but the couple was relieved when this never came about.

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  • Lars Elgklou: "Familjen Bernadotte. En kunglig släktkrönika" (The Bernadotte family. A royal family chronicle) (Swedish)

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