Saturday, July 14, 2012

Princess Margarita of Baden celebrates 80th birthday

Photo by Marlene A. Eilers Koenig,  Belgrade September 2010




all six photos are from the Marlene A . Eilers Koenig collection



Princess Margarita Alice Thyra Viktoria Marie Louise Scholastica of Baden celebrates her 80th birthday today.  She is the eldest child of the late Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.  She has two younger brothers, Max, Margrave of Baden and Prince Ludwig of Baden.

In 1957, she married Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia.  They had two children, Prince Nikola, and Princess Katarina.  Their marriage ended in divorce in 1981.

The Princess, who lives in Farnham, Surrey, is a niece of the Duke of Edinburgh.

For information about Princess Margarita's death:
http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-memorium-princess-margarita-of-baden.html

2 comments:

Inowen said...

Very nice picture. Can you tell us more about Margarita's life?

Bea said...

Marlene do you know if Margarita recieved an inheritance from her Baden Family? From what you wrote in QVD her children didn't sound like they had much money. Bea