Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

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Swedish Royalty
House of Bernadotte

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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 Västerbotten, 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.

Contents 1 Children 1.1 Carl Silfverschiöld 1.2 Christina Louise Silfverschiöld 1.3 Hélène Silfverschiöld 2 Ancestry

[edit] Children

[edit] Carl Silfverschiöld

Baron Carl Silfverschiöld (Carl Otto Edmund) (born 22 March 1965) was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is 200th 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.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Oscar II of Sweden

8. Gustav V of Sweden

17. Sofia of Nassau

4. Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden

18. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden

9. 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. Maria Anna of Anhalt

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 of Waldeck-Pyrmont

13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

27. Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg

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

30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

15. Princess Caroline of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld House of Bernadotte Born: 2 June 1938
British royalty
Preceded by Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage	Line of succession to the British Throne	Succeeded by Baron Carl Silfverschiöld