Princess Margaret of Denmark

Princess Rene of Bourbon-Parma

For other people with the same name, see Margaret of Denmark.

Princess Margrethe

Princess René of Bourbon-Parma
Born| (1895-09-17)17 September 1895
Bernstorff Palace, Gentofte, Denmark
Died| 18 September 1992(1992-09-18) (aged 97)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse|

Prince René of Bourbon-Parma

(m. 1921; died 1962)​

Issue| Prince Jacques
Anne, Queen of Romania
Prince Michel
Prince André
| Names

Margrethe Françoise Louise Marie Helene
House| Glücksburg
Father| Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Mother| Princess Marie d'Orleans
Religion| Roman Catholicism

Princess Margaret of Denmark (Margrethe Françoise Louise Marie Helene; 17 September 1895 – 18 September 1992) was a Danish princess by birth and a princess of Bourbon-Parma as the wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. She was the youngest grandchild of Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Louise.

## Biography

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### Family and background

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Princess Margaret was born on 17 September 1895, in Bernstorff Palace north of Copenhagen.[1] She was the fifth child and only daughter of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie of Orléans.[2] She was named for her mother's sister Princess Marguerite d'Orléans.[citation needed]

Bernstorff Palace: Princess Margaret's birthplace

Margaret's connections to European royalty were extensive and extraordinary. Her father, Prince Valdemar, was one of the six children of King Christian IX of Denmark. He had two older brothers and three sisters. His brothers were, respectively, King Frederick VIII of Denmark and King George I of Greece, while his sisters were Queen Alexandra of the UK, Empress Dagmar of Russia and Thyra, titular queen of Hanover.

Margaret's mother was the eldest daughter of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Princess Françoise of Orléans. Her parents' marriage had been arranged by their families, as was the custom among European royalty in that era.[3] It had been agreed at the time of her parents' wedding that all their sons would be raised Lutheran, their father's creed, and all their daughters Roman Catholic, their mother's faith. Margaret, the only daughter, thus became the first Danish princess since the Reformation to be raised a Roman Catholic. She was only fourteen years old when her mother died in 1909.

### Marriage

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Margaret on her wedding day, 1921

Raised a Catholic, Margaret married a Catholic prince, her mother's relative, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (Schwarzau, 17 October 1894 – Hellerup, Copenhagen, 30 July 1962) on 9 June 1921 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Copenhagen. His father was Robert I, Duke of Parma. His mother was the Duke's second wife Princess Maria Antonia, daughter of the exiled King Miguel I of Portugal. René was the brother of Empress Zita of Austria and of Felix, the consort of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

René and Margaret had four children:

* Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (9 June 1922 – 5 November 1964; traffic accident outside Roskilde) married Countess Birgitte of Holstein-Ledreborg (descendant of Count Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, former Prime minister of Denmark), on 9 June 1947. They had three children and two grandsons.
* Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (18 September 1923 – 1 August 2016) she married King Michael I of Romania on 10 June 1948. They had five daughters.
* Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (4 March 1926 – 7 July 2018) he married firstly Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel on 9 June 1951 and they had five children and twelve grandchildren. They divorced in 1966. He married secondly Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, daughter of King Umberto II of Italy, on 17 May 2003.
* Prince André Marie of Bourbon-Parma (6 March 1928 – 22 October 2011) he married Marina Gacry on 2 May 1960. They had three children and six grandchildren:
* Axel André Pierre Marie (b.18 Sep 1968) married Raphaële de Montagnon (b.Paris 9 Jun 1971). They had children:
* Côme Axel Marie (b.1997)
* Alix Jehanne Marina (b.2000)
* Aure Ghislaine Marie (b.2004)
* Sophie Tania (b.1961) married Gilbert Silly dit Gilbert Bécaud (b.1953)
* Astrid Marie (b.1964)

### Later life

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The family was poor compared to other royalty. They chiefly resided in France, where all of their children were born.[4] In 1939 the family fled from the Nazis and escaped to Spain. From there they went to Portugal and then to the United States. There, in New York, Margaret made a living making hats while her husband worked at a gas company and her daughter as a shop assistant.[5] Her sons were studying in Montreal.[6] They returned to Paris after the war.[4] In June 1951, Margaret was travelling in a car her husband was driving when they ran over a 22-year-old man, Jaja Sorensen, who died soon after being taken to hospital.[7] She died one day after her 97th birthday, on the 69th birthday of her daughter Anne. She was the last surviving child of Prince Valdemar and the longest lived and last surviving grandchild of Christian IX.

## Ancestors

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See also: Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

Ancestors of Princess Margaret of Denmark

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| 4\. Christian IX of Denmark|

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| 9\. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

| 2\. Prince Valdemar of Denmark|

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| 10\. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

| 5\. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel|

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| 11\. Princess Charlotte of Denmark

| 1\. Princess Margaret of Denmark|
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| 12\. Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans

| 6\. Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres|

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| 13\. Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

| 3\. Princess Marie of Orléans|

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| 14\. François, Prince of Joinville

| 7\. Princess Françoise of Orléans|

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| 15\. Princess Francisca of Brazil

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## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. Vol. 1\. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press. p. 451.
2. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1\. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 70.
3. ^ "Royal Marriage Bells". The New York Times. Eu, France. 22 October 1885.
4. ^ a b Beéche, p. 93
5. ^ "Queen Anne of Romania – obituary". The Telegraph. August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
6. ^ Bernier Arcand, Philippe, "Les Bourbon-Parme dans les institutions d'enseignement du Québec", Histoire Québec, 202, p. 24-28 (lire en ligne [archive])
7. ^ See http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es of 19 June 1951

### Bibliography

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* Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
* Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003). A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants. Copenhagen: Aschehoug. ISBN 9788715109577.

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Generations are numbered from the implementation of hereditary monarchy by Frederick III in 1660.

1st generation|

* Anna Sophie, Electress of Saxony1
* Frederica Amalia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp1
* Wilhelmine Ernestine, Electress Palatine1
* Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden1

2nd generation|

* Princess Sophia1

3rd generation|

* Princess Charlotte Amalie1

4th generation|

* Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen1

5th generation|

* Sophia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden1
* Wilhelmina Caroline, Electress of Hesse1
* Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel1

6th generation|

* Princess Louise, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg1
* Juliana, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld1
* Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel1

7th generation|

* Hereditary Princess Caroline of Denmark1
* Vilhelmine, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg1

8th generation|

* Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India4
* (Dagmar) Empress Maria Feodorovna of All the Russias4
* Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Cumberland

9th generation|

* Princess Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland
* Princess Thyra
* Princess Dagmar, Mrs. Castenskiold
* Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia2
* Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia2
* Princess Margaret of Bourbon-Parma

10th generation|

* Princess Feodora of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
* Princess Alexandrine, Countess of Castell-Castell
* Helen, Queen Mother of Romania2
* Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta2
* Lady Katherine Brandram2
* Princess Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino2
* Princess Olga of Yugoslavia2
* Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach2
* Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent2
* Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg2
* Theodora, Margravine of Baden2
* Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine2
* Princess Sophie of Hanover2

11th generation|

* Queen Margrethe II3
* Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg3
* Anne-Marie, Queen of the Hellenes
* Princess Elisabeth3
* Alexándra, Queen of Yugoslavia2
* Sofía, Queen of Spain2
* Princess Irene2

12th generation|

* Princess Alexía, Mrs. Morales2
* Princess Theodora2

13th generation|

* Princess Isabella
* Princess Josephine
* Princess Athena
* Princess Olympía2

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* Infanta Maria of Portugal

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* None

6th generation|

* Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg

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* None

8th generation|

* None

10th generation|

* Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca

11th generation|

* Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy

12th generation|

* Princess Louise of France

13th generation|

* Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
* Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães

14th generation|

* Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
* Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
* Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
* Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis
* Princess Margaret of Denmark
* Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy

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* Princess Irene of the Netherlands#
* Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium^¤
* Joan Douglas Dillon*^¤
* Princess Maria Pia of Savoy

16th generation|

* Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel*
* Viktória Cservenyák*

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