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Ann-Mari
Princess of Bismarck
The Princess of Bismarck on her wedding day in 1928.
Born(1907-07-26)26 July 1907
Stockholm, Sweden
Died22 September 1999(1999-09-22) (aged 92)
Marbella, Spain
Noble familyBismarck (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck
IssueCountess Mari Ann von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck
Count Maximilian von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Countess Gunilla von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Count Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen
FatherIvar Tengbom
Styles of
The Princess of Bismarck
Reference styleHer Serene Highness
Spoken styleHer Serene Highness

Ann-Mari, Princess of Bismarck (née Tengbom; 26 July 1907 – 22 September 1999) was a Swedish socialite and the wife of Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck. She and her husband were both prominent members of the Nazi Party.

Biography

Ann-Mari was born on 26 July 1907 in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom.[1] She attended school in Stockholm, where she was a classmate of Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg.[2]

On 18 April 1928 she married German politician and diplomat Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck in a Lutheran ceremony at the Berlin Cathedral. They had six children:[3]

  • Countess Mari Ann (1929–1981).
  • Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck (1930–2019)
  • Count Carl Alexander (1935–1992).
  • Count Maximilian Viktor (born 1947).
  • Countess Gunilla Margaretha (born 1949)
  • Count Eduard Leopold (born 1951).

She and her husband moved into a villa in Rome, where she was known to have thrown lavish parties for members of Italian and German high society.[4]

She died on 22 September 1999 in Marbella, Spain.

References

  1. ^ Emanuel, Muriel (23 January 2016). "Contemporary Architects". Springer – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Persson, Sune (30 October 2009). "Escape from the Third Reich: Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses". Grub Street Publishers – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Famille: Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck + Ann-Mari Tengbom – Rodovid FR". fr.rodovid.org.
  4. ^ Dollmann, Eugen (21 March 2017). "With Hitler and Mussolini: Memoirs of a Nazi Interpreter". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.