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| All images Marlene A. Eilers Koenig collection |
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, the heir to the Danish throne, married Princess Ingrid of Sweden, only daughter of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf Sweden and his first wife, the late Princess Margaret of Connaught, were married today - May 24, 1935, at the Stockholm Cathedral.
Frederik IX (1899-1972) succeeded his father, King Christian X in April 1947. He and Queen Ingrid (1910-2000)) had three daughters, Queen Margrethe II (1940), Princess Benedikte (1944), and Queen Anne Marie of the Hellenes (1946).
Ingrid's father succeeded to the Swedish throne in 1950 as King Gustav VI Adolf. He died in 1973 and was succeeded by his grandson, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
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| engagement announced on March 25, 1935 |
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Can anyone name the people on the family photo?
I’m going to give it a try!
Floor: Princes Charles, Carl Johan and Bertil of Sweden
First row: Crown Princess Cecile of Prussia (née Mecklenburg Schwerin), Christian IX of Denmark, Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium (née Sweden), King Gustav V of Sweden, Princess Ingrid and Crown Prince Frederick, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (née Mecklenburg Schwerin), Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Prince Arthur of Connaught.
Second row: Prince George of Greece, Princess Viggo of Denmark (née Margaret Green), (Princess) Patricia Lady Ramsay (née Connaught), Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (née Denmark), Helena Victoria of Schleswig Holstein, Princess Sibylla of Sweden (née Saxe Coburg), Princess Arthur of Connaught (Duchess of Fife, née Fife), Princess Margarethe of Bourbon Parma (nee Denmark), Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (nee Mountbatten), Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, Prince Erik of Sweden.
Third row: Prince Harold of Denmark, Prince Waldemar of Denmark, Crown Princess Martha of Norway (nee Sweden), Princess Caroline Mathilde of Denmark ?, ?, Princess Alexandrine of castell (nee Denmark), Princesses Cecile and Alexandrine of Prussia, Prince Rene of Bourbon Parma, Princess Theodora of Baden (nee Greece), Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden.
Fourth row: Prince Aage of Denmark, Prince Berthold of Baden, Prince Carl of Sweden , Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Princess Margaret of Denmark (nee Sweden)?, Prince Axel of Denmark (?),Princess Eugenie of Greece, Crown Prince Olav of Norway, Danish prince.
Back row: Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg Schwerin, Schwerin prince ?, Prince Eugen of Sweden,,,,,,
The ones I couldn’t ID I think are a mix of Mecklenburg and other Danish and Swedish royals.
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