Princess Margaret of Connaught
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Template:House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 – May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. A princess of Great Britain and Ireland, she was nicknamed Daisy.
She became the first wife of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, later Gustav VI Adolf, on June 15, 1905. When Gustaf Adolf's father Gustav V acceeded to the throne as King in 1907, the couple became Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden. In Sweden she was known as Margaretha.
Their children were:
- Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia (1906-1947)
- Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uplandia, later Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (1907-2002)
- Princess Ingrid, later Queen of Denmark (1910-2000)
- Prince Bertil, Duke of Hallandia (1912-1997)
- Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalecarlia, later Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (born 1916)de:Margaret von Connaught