Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Full name
	Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla Silfverschiöld

Princess Désirée
Princess Désirée
Baroness Silfverschiöld
	Princess Désirée prior to the wedding of her niece Madeleine in June 2013
Born	Princess Désirée of Sweden; 2 June 1938 (age 85); Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
Spouse	Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld; (m. 1964; died 2017)
Issue	Baron Carl Silfverschiöld ; Baroness Christina-Louise Silfverschiöld ; Baroness Hélène Silfverschiöld
Full name
Full name
	Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla Silfverschiöld
House	Bernadotte
Father	Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Mother	Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla; born 2 June 1938) is the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. She is an elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Titles, styles, honours, and arms[change | change source]

2 June 1938 — 5 June 1964: Her Royal Highness Princess Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla of Sweden
5 June 1964 — present: Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Honours[change | change source]

Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (LoK av KMO)
Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Decoration of King Gustaf VI Adolf, 1st Class
Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Decoration of King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1st Class

Ancestry[change | change source]

Ancestors of Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

8. Gustaf V of Sweden

4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

9. Princess Victoria of Baden

2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

5. Princess Margaret of Connaught

11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia

1. Princess Désirée of Sweden

12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

6. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

References[change | change source]

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v t e Swedish princesses by birth
The generations show descent from Gustav I, from the House of Vasa, and continues through the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Holstein-Gottorp; and the Bernadotte, the adoptive heirs of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who were adoptive heir of the Palatinate-Zweibrückens.
1st generation	Catharina, Countess of Ostfriesland Cecilia, Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern Anna, Countess Palatine of Veldenz Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg Elizabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
2nd generation	Princess Sigrid Princess Anna Catharina, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken Princess Maria Elizabeth, Duchess of Östergötland^[2]
3rd generation	Anna Catharina Constance, Hereditary Countess Palatine of Neuburg^[3] Queen Christina Maria Eufrosyne, Countess Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie
5th generation	Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Queen Ulrika Eleonora
6th generation	None
7th generation	Princess Sophia Albertina
9th generation	Sophie, Grand Duchess of Baden Princess Amalia Cecilia, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
10th generation	Carola, Queen of Saxony Princess Eugenie^[1]
11th generation	Louise, Queen of Denmark^[1]
12th generation	Margaretha, Princess Axel of Denmark^[1] Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway^[1] Astrid, Queen of the Belgians
13th generation	Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
14th generation	Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler Birgitta, Princess Johann Georg of Hohenzollern Désirée, Baroness Nils August Silfverschiöld Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
15th generation	Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
16th generation	Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge
¹ also princess of Norway ² also princess of Sweden by marriage ³ also princess of Poland and Lithuania by birth