Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Princess Désirée Princesses Margaretha, Désirée and Birgitta in 1958 Born (1938-06-02) 2 June 1938 Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden Spouse Baron Nils August Silfverschiöld Issue Baron Carl Otto Silfverschiöld Baroness Kristina-Louise Silfverschiöld Baroness Hèléne Silfverschiöld Names Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla Father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten Mother Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla) (born 2 June 1938), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. She is the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. Her brother is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Biography

Marriage and children

Princess Désirée at her wedding.

Princess Désirée's engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld, born at Koberg Castle, Sweden on 31 May 1934, son of Baron Carl Silfverschiöld and wife Madeleine Bennich, was announced on 18 December 1963, and the couple married the next year on 5 June 1964 in Storkyrkan in Stockholm. As a result of her non-royal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and was named Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld.

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld's marriage has produced three children:

• Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 22 March 1965) married in the presence of the complete Royal family in 2005 to Maria Fredriksson (b. Slottsstaden, Malmö, 12 April 1965); they have one daughter.

• Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 29 September 1966), married Baron Hans de Geer af Finspång (b. Stockholm, 26 January 1963), and had three children. Their son, Ian De Geer, was a Page Boy at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling.

• Baroness Helene Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 20 September 1968, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976, and in the same year also for Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden.

Royal duties

Princess Désirée lives in the Silfvershiöld family's home at castle Koberg. She takes part in Swedish Royal Family events. Princess Désirée and Baron Silfverschiöld are occasionally invited to state dinners and receptions in Sweden.

With her family, she was a guest at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling, where her grandson Ian was a pageboy. Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld is Crown Princess Victoria's godmother.

Ancestry

16. Oscar II of Sweden

8. Gustaf V of Sweden

17. Princess Sophia of Nassau

4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

18. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden

9. Princess Victoria of Baden

19. Princess Louise of Prussia

2. Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

21. Victoria of the United Kingdom

5. Princess Margaret of Connaught

22. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia

23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau

1. Princess Désirée of Sweden

24. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (= 20)

12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

25. Victoria of the United Kingdom (= 21)

6. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

26. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

27. Princess Helena of Nassau

3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

28. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

29. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

External links

• Royal House of Sweden