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KINGS AND QUEENS OF GREAT BRITAIN -
QUEEN VICTORIA (1837 - 1901)
  Part 2 of 6

    3. ARTHUR William Patrick Albert, lst Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, KG, Field Marshal, Gov-Gen. of Canada 1911-16, b. 1 May 1850, married 13 March 1879, Princess Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes (died 14 March 1917), 3rd daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, and died 16 January 1942, having had issue,
        1. ARTHUR Frederick Patrick Albert, KG, Major-Gen., Gov.-Gen. of union of S. Africa 1920-24, b. 13 January 1883, married 15 October 1913, Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise, Duchess of Fife {died 26 February 1959), elder daughter of 1st Duke of Fife, by his wife Louise, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of H.M. KING EDW ARD VII, and d.v.p. 12 Sept 1938, leaving issue,
            Alastair Arthur, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Macduff, Lieut. The Royal Scots Greys, born. 9 August 1914, succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 16 January 1942, died unm, on active service, at Ottawa, 26 April, 1943.
        1. Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah, born. 15 January 1882, married 15 June 1905, as his 1st wife, H.R.H. Prince Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skane, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. (now H.M. Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (who married 2ndly, 3 November1923, Lady Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (died 7 March 1965), yr. daughter of 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (see below), eldest son of Gustav V, King of Sweden, and died 1 May 1920, leaving issue,
            (1) GUSTAF ADOLF Oscar Frederick Arthur Edmund, Duke of Westerbotten. G.C.V.O. (1926), born. 22 April, 1906, married 20 October 1932, H.H. Princess Sibylla Calma Marje Alice Bathildis Feodora (Royal Palace Stockholm, Sweden, Solliden Castle, Olana), daughter of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (see below), and was k. in a flying accident at Copenhagen, 26 January 1947, leaving issue,
                1a CARL GUSTAV Folke Hubertus, Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Jamtland, has Orders of Seraphim of Sweden, and Elephant of Denmark, born 30 April, 1946.
                1a Margaretha Desiree Victoria, has Order of Seraphim of Sweden, born 31 October 1934. married 30 June 1964, John Kenneth Ambler (Chippinghurst Manor, Cuddesdon, Oxon; 2, Chester Terrace, Regent's Park N.W.1; Buck's, and Guards Clubs), son of late Charles Amber, of Rapkyns, Horsham, Sussex, and has issue,

                    1b Charles Edward, born. 14 July 1966.
                    2b son, born. 10 June 1969.
                    1b Sybilla Louise, born.14 April, 1965.

                2a Birgitta Ingeborg Alice, has Order of Seraphim of Sweden, born. 19 January 1937, married 25 May 1961, H.S.H. Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (70, Dr. Maxstrasse, Grunwald, Munich, Germany), and has issue,
                    1b Karl Christian Friedrich Johannes Maria Meinrad Hubertus Edmund, born. 5 April, 1962.
                    2b Hubertus Gustav-Adolf Veit George Meinrad Maria Alexander, born. 10 June 1966.
                    1b Desiree Margarethe Victoria Louise Sibylla Catarina Maria, born. 27 November 1963.

                3a Desiree Elizabeth Sibylla, has Order of Seraphim of Sweden, born. 2 June 1938, married 5 June 1964, Baron Niclas Silfverschiold (Koberg, Sollebrunn, Sweden), and has issue,
                    1b Carl Otto Edmund, born. 22 March 1965.
                    1b Christina-Louise Ewa Madeleine, born. 29 September 1966.
                    2b Helene Ingeborg Sybilla, born. 20 Sept 1968.
                    4a Christina Louise Helena, has Order of Seraphim of Sweden, born. 3 August 1943.

            (2) Sigvard Oscar Frederick, has Order of the Elephant of Denmark, and Order of the Polar Star of Sweden (Villagatan 10, Stockholm, Sweden), born. 7 June 1907; renounced his rights of succession, 7 March 1934, adopting the surname of BERNADOTTE, created Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, 2 July 1951; married 1stly, 8 March 1934 (married dissolved 14 October 1943) , Erika Maria Regina, Rosalie, daughter of Anton Patzek. He married 2ndly, 26 Oct 1943 (married dissolved by divorce 1961), Sonia Helene, daughter of late Robert Alexander Robbert, shipowner, of Copenhagen, and has issue,
                Michael Sigvard, Count of Wisborg, born. 21 August 1944.
            He married 3rdly, 30 July 1961, Gullan Marianne, daughter of Helge Lindberg, of Stockholm, Sweden.
            (3) Bertil Gustaf Oscar Carl Eugene, Duke of Halland, G.C.B. (hon. 1956), Rear-Adm. Swedish Navy, Assist Naval Attache at Swedish Embassy in London 1942-45, has Orders of Seraphom and Vasa of Sweden , and Order of the Elephant of Denmark ( Villa Solbacken, Djurgordsbrunn, Stockholm, Sweden), born 28 Feb 1912.
            (4) Carl Johan Arthur (room 900,527, Fifth Avenue, New York, 17, N.Y; Linnegatan 31 Oct 1916, renounced his rights of succession, 22 Feb 1946, adopting his surname of Bernadotte, created Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, 2 July 1951, married 19 February 1946, Elin Kerstin Margareta , formerly wife of Axel Johnson, and daughter of Dr. Henning Wijkmark,of Stockholm.
            (1) Ingrid Victoria Sophia Louise Margaretha, born.28 March 1910, married 24 May 1935, Christian Francis Michael Charles Valdemar George (FREDERIK IX), King of Denemark , KG (1951), G.C.B. (1948), G.C.V.O., Col in Chief The Buffs from 1947 The Queen’s Own Buffs from 1961), hon Adm. in British Navy from 1948, hon Air Chief Marshal R.A.F. from 1959; has order of the Seraphim of Sweden, etc. ( Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen; Fredensborg Palace; Grassten Palace), and has issue,

                1a Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid, has Order of the Elephant of Denmark, born 16 April, 1940, married 10 June 1967, Count Henri Marie Jean Andre de Laborde de Monpezat cr. H.R.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark 10 June 1967), and has issue,
                    1b Frederik Andre Henrik Christian, born 26 May 1968.
                    2b Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, born 7 June 1969.

                2a Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, has Order of the Elephant of Denmark, born 29 April, 1944, married 3 February 1968, H.S.H. Prince Richard Casimar Karl August Robert Konstantin (6th) Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and has issue, Gustav Frederik Philipp Richard, born 12 January 1969.    
                3a Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid, born 30 Aug 1946, married 18 Sept 1964, H.M. Constantine II, King of the Hellenes, and has issue see below).

        2 Victoria PATRICIA Helena Elizabeth, C.I., V.A., D.G.St.J., Col-in-Chief Princess Patricia's Canadian L.I., mem. of Royal Soc. of Painters in Water Colours, born 17 March 1886, married 27 February 1919, Adm. Hon. Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsav, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O., 3rd son of 13th Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., and has issue see DALHOUSIE, E.). Lady Patricia Ramsay was authorised by Royal Warrant 25 February 1919, to relinquish on her marriage the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess, and adopted that of Lady, with precedence before the Marchionesses of England.

QUEEN VICTORIA part 3 of 6.

EDWARD VII - ELIZABETH II (1901 - Present day).

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