Birgitta of sweden biography of albert
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Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Swedish princess (1937–2024)
Princess Birgitta of SwedenLoK av KMO (Birgitta Ingeborg Alice; 19 January 1937 – 4 December 2024) was a member of the Swedish royal family.
Birgitta of sweden biography of albert
She was the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and an elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
From 1961, she was a member of the Swabian branch of the deposed House of Hohenzollern by her marriage to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern.[1]
Early life
Born at Haga Palace in Stockholm, Birgitta was the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf.
She and her three sisters were affectionately called "Hagasessorna" (the Haga Princesses).[2] She was 10 years old when her father was killed in the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster.[1]
At the age of 14, Birgitta was educat