Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
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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 Westrobothnia, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden.
Princess Désirée's engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld born 31 May 1934, 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 unequal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and became Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld.
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld lives on the Silfvershiöld family's castle Koberg. She tries to stay out of the public eye, but when she is asked she often accepts official engagements on behalf of the Swedish Royal Family (which occur one or a few times a year). Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld and her husband are every now and then invited to the official dinners that The King and Queen host, and sometimes also to the dinner connected to state visits to Sweden. Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld is Crown Princess Victoria's godmother.
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld's marriage has produced three children.
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[edit] Carl Silfverschiöld
Baron Carl Silfverschiöld (Carl Otto Edmund) (born 22 March 1965) was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is 196th in the Line of succession to the British Throne.
Carl married Maria Fredrikson in the presence of the complete royal family on 18 June 2005, at Falsterbo, in the extreme south of Sweden. The reception was held at the local golf club. Maria has two sons, Peder (b. 1994) and Niels (b. 1997), from a previous relationship.
The couple have one child together:
- Baroness Anna Margareta Sibylla Désirée Silfverschiöld (b. 13 December 2006)
[edit] Christina Louise Silfverschiöld
Baroness Christina Louise Silfverschiöld (Christina Louise Ewa Madeleine) (born 29 September 1966) was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Christina Louise married Baron Hans Louis Gerard de Geer af Finspång. Hans was born in 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the son of Baron Louis and Baroness Catharina de Geer af Finspång.
They have three children:
- Baroness Estelle Louise Desiree de Geer af Finspång (born in Stockholm, 14 September 2000)
- Baron Ian Carl Gerard de Geer af Finspång (born in Stockholm, 20 February 2002)
- Baron Fred Louis Gerard de Geer af Finspång (born in Stockholm, 16 September 2004)
[edit] Hélène Silfverschiöld
Baroness Hélène Silfverschiöld (Helene Ingeborg Sibylla) (born 20 September 1968) was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
| Preceded by Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Baron Carl Silfverschiöld |
