This Poor Princess DIED A HORRIBLE Death While Pregnant

the death of Princess Margaret of conort crowned princess of Sweden and Duchess of Scania Princess Margaret was born at bagshot Park on the 15th of January 1882 she was then baptized 3 months later in the private Chapel of Windsor Castle on the 11th of March 1882 by archal Campbell Tate Archbishop of Canterbury Princess Margaret was known as Daisy to her family her mother was Princess Maria Anna of anal and her father was a nephew of the German Emperor wilham I he was also related to the German Emperor Frederick III the husband of her sister-in-law Victoria Princess Royal Margaret was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and grew up as a member of the British royal family when Princess Margaret of connal was 23 and her younger sister princess Patricia of conal was 18 both girls were among the most beautiful and eligible princesses in Europe they had become of age and were actually a lot older than the average princess to look for a groom King Edward iith had taken over as the Matchmaker of Europe from his mother Queen Victoria and he had wished for his nieces to marry the very best with a match being made with European Kings or crown princes in January of 1905 the Conor family went on a cruise to the Mediterranean and the Nile in search of eligible Partners the Duke and Duchess of conal visited Portugal to meet with King Carlos and his wife Amelia of orans it was the couple's sons who would entertain the young princesses the Portuguese were excited about a potential marriage proposal to one of the princesses in the hope that they would go on to become the future queen of Portugal but unfortunately for the people No Such Thing occurred the conards continued their trip to Egypt and Sudan stopping off in Cairo where Margaret met and fell in love with Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden grandson of the Swedish King Oscar II Patricia Margaret's sister had initially been considered as a bride for gustoff although he was unaware of the secret match an official meeting was held with both of the sisters but he only had eyes for Margaret whom he proposed to during a dinner hosted by Lord Cromer at the British Consulate in Egypt she accepted as she too had fallen in love at first sight luckily for the pair both sets of parents were happy with with the match and they were allowed to marry on the 15th of June 1905 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle one of Margaret's wedding presents was the Connel Tiara which remains in the Swedish Royal jewelry collection today the couple spent their honeymoon at a dare Manor in country Limerick Ireland and arrived in Sweden on the 8th of July 1905 she was Keen to learn the Swedish language and history in a bid to win over the Swedish public she got involved in organizing Supply drives and acted as middle neutral ground between Allied and Axis countries that were impacted by the war with her help private letters and requests Trace Men missing in action were passed on she was also active in her work on behalf of prisoners she aided prisoners of war in camps around Europe especially British Nationals Margaret's efforts during the war were Pro British in contrast to her mother-in-law's strictly Pro German attitude the couple had five children and Margaret was a dedicated mother to her children and was determined to spend time with them despite it being the norm for nursery staff to care for them instead she was very Hands-On and loved spending her days with the children when Gustaf adol's father Crown Prince Gustaf acceded to the throne as king Gustaf I 5 in 1907 the couple became Crown prince and princess of Sweden the marriage between Margaret and Gustaf Adolf was a happy one based on pure love rather than being arranged which was the norm in the day Gustaf Adolf loved Margaret's English culture and compared to the great pressure that he was under by the Prussian military discipline he much preferred it infanta ulia of Spain visited them and noted that the Crown Princess gave the Swedish Court Just a Touch of Elegance of the court of St James's she also noted that Margaret seemed to love her life in Sweden when she arrived in Sweden Margaret was referred to as Margaretta instead by the Swedish court and people people she was given lessons as she desired in the Swedish language as well as history and it took 2 years to speak at a good level of Swedish she traveled throughout Sweden to gain a better understanding of the culture and history Margaret was also interested in art and was an admirer of the works of Claude Manet she photographed painted and took a keen attention in gardening she and her spouse received saario Palace as a wedding gift and they devoted their Summers there and made a wonderful effort creating Gardens in an English Style on the estate which she included her children in Margaret was heavily pregnant with her sick child when she required surgery on her mastoid due to measles that had aggravated her ear on the back of the surgery she contracted an infection that led to sepsis an infection of the blood sadly at 2:00 in the morning on Saturday the 1st of May 1920 her father's 70th birthday crown Princess Margaret died suddenly in Stockholm since the previous Sunday she had been experiencing pain in her face from something below her eye and doctors decided to perform another procedure and on Thursday she started with further symptoms under her right ear she fell fatally poorly on Friday night and it was evident that the infection had worsened and she was now experiencing a fatal case of sepsis that killed her in a mere number of hours while she was eight months pregnant unfortunately both Margaret and her unborn child both died the Swedish prime minister announced her death during the traditional International workers Day celebrations noting that the ray of sunshine at Stockholm Palace has gone out the news got back to Britain and rumors had falsely spread that she had been so unhappy with her life in Sweden that she had committed suicide to escape it Princess Margaret had left instructions on how she would like to be buried in 1914 only six years earlier and these bushes were followed as requested she was buried in her wedding dress and her veil with a crucifix in her hands in a simple coffin made from English Oak covered in British and Swedish Flags she requested that there should be no lying in state after her death 3 years later on the 3rd of November 1923 her husband went on to Remar at St James's Palace Crown Prince gustafa DOL to Lady Louise mountbatten who was formerly the prince Princess Louise of Battenburg the couple would not go on to have any children and upon his father's death in 1950 gustoff adol became the king at age of 67 he then reigned over the country until he died 19 years old in 1973

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Length: 8min 56sec (536 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 29 2024