Her Royal Highness Princess Birgitta

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H.R.H. Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Birgitta Ingeborg Alice) (January 19, 1937-) was born at Haga Palace in Sweden. She is a sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf. Image File history File links Birgittasweden1937-14. ... Image File history File links Birgittasweden1937-14. ... The Swedish Royal Family consists of a number of persons in the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, closely related to the King of Sweden, who are entitled to royal titles, and some of which are performing various official engagements on behalf of the Royal Family and ceremonial duties of State. ... Image File history File links Sweden_greater_arms. ... Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte) (born April 30, 1946), styled His Majesty The King, is the King of Sweden. ... Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden (Silvia Renate Bernadotte, née Sommerlath, born 23 December 1943) is the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Swedens monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. ... Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée Bernadotte), born July 14, 1977, Duchess of Västergötland, is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne. ... Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil Bernadotte), born May 13, 1979, Duke of Värmland, is the second child and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. ... Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine (born June 10, 1982), Duchess of Helsingia and Gestricia, is the youngest child and second daughter of Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia of Sweden. ... Princess Lilian of Sweden, née Lilian May Davies, (born 30 August 1915), Duchess of Halland, was born in Wales in the United Kingdom as the daughter of William and Gladys Mary Davies. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte) (born April 30, 1946), styled His Majesty The King, is the King of Sweden. ...

She is the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha and a granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Her sisters are Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, and Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson. Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Westrobothnia (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund Bernadotte, April 22, 1906 – January 26, 1947) was the eldest son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught. ... Capital Coburg Head of State Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia... Gustaf VI Adolf (Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) (November 11, 1882 – September 15, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. ... Princess Margaretha, Mrs Ambler (Margaretha Désirée Victoria) (born 31 October 1934), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. ... Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla) (born 2 June 1938), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. ... Princess Christina, Mrs. ...

As the (currently estranged) wife of HSH Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, she is the only one of the sisters to marry a man of royal status and thus retain the style of Royal Highness.

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On a visit in 1959 to friends and relatives in Germany, the princess met her future husband at a cocktail party. On 15 December 1960, her engagement to Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was announced. The civil ceremony took place at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 25 May 1961, and the religious in the Sankt Johann Church at the bridegroom's family palace Sigmaringen on July 31, 1961. Image File history File links The House of Bernadotte heraldic shield. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... HRH is an acronym for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ...

Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta separated in 1990, though they remain legally married. She lives on the island Mallorca in Spain, while her husband, known as "Hansi," lives in Munich and is the director of a museum. Mallorca (in Catalan, Spanish, and English; also called Majorca in English) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: las islas baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are part of Spain. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...

Princess Birgitta performs a lot of assignments for golf and charity (not in Sweden), and is a Honorary Board Member of The Royal Swedish Golf Society (which she took over when her uncle Prince Bertil died). She has her own golf competition in Majorca, "The Princess Birgitta Trophy" at her home golf course. She participates in the celebrations of the Swedish Lucia every year, and also the party held at her golf club on Sweden’s National Day. Prince Bertil of Sweden, Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén (February 28, 1912 – January 5, 1997), Duke of Hallandia, was the third son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. ... Lucia can refer to: Scott Lucia Lucia Cifarelli Saint Lucy Sister Lucia Lucia Di Lauro Lucia, a character from the popular Lunar series of video games This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Princess Birgitta's marriage has produced three children:

• HSH Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern
• HSH Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern
• HSH Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern

HSH Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (Carl Christian Friedrich Johannes Meinrad Maria Hubertus Edmund) (born 5 April 1962) was born in Munich, Germany. ... HSH Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (Désirée Margareta Victoria Louise Sybilla Katharina Maria) (born 27 November 1963) was born in Munich, Germany. ... HSH Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (Hubertus Gustav Adolf Veit Georg Meinrad Maria Alexander) (born 10 June 1966) was born in Munich, Germany. ...

See also

Swedish Royal Family The Swedish Royal Family consists of a number of persons in the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, closely related to the King of Sweden, who are entitled to royal titles, and some of which are performing various official engagements on behalf of the Royal Family and ceremonial duties of State. ...