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Astrid of Sweden (Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra; 17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant. [2]
Princess Astrid was born on 12 February 1932 at Villa Solbakken to the future King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha.She was baptized in the Palace Chapel on 31 March 1932 and her godparents were: her paternal grandparents, King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway; her maternal grandparents, Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden; her maternal aunt, Princess Astrid, Duchess of Brabant ...
Astrid Njalsdotter (11th century) Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden (died 1035) Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935) Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (born 1932) Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (born 1954) Princess Astrid of Liechtenstein (born 1968) Princess Astrid of Belgium (born 1962) Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein (born 1987)
This is a list of Swedish princesses from the accession of Gustaf I, from the House of Vasa, and continues through the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Holstein-Gottorp and Bernadotte, the adoptive heirs of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who were the adoptive heir of the Palatinate-Zweibrückens.
Princess Astrid was born one day before her father's 28th birthday at the Belvédère Château in Laeken, northern Brussels, and was named after her late paternal grandmother, Astrid of Sweden, King Leopold III's popular first wife, who had died in 1935 in a car accident aged 29.
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
The couple separated in 1990, though they remained married until his death in 2016. They had three children, Prince Carl Christian (b. 1962), Princess Désirée (b. 1963), and Prince Hubertus (b ...
Estrid of the Obotrites (c. 979 – 1035) was Queen of Sweden in the Viking age, a West Slavic princess married to the King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung c. 1000–1022. [1] She was the mother of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' saint and grand princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter.