Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Birgitta Ingeborg Alice, Princess of Sweden ( born January 19, 1937 on Haga Palace in Stockholm ), Princess of Hohenzollern, is the second child of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten, and is thus a sister of King Carl XVI. Gustaf of Sweden.
Life
HM Konung Carl XVI. Gustaf HM Drottning Silvia
- HKH Kronprinsessan Victoria HKH Prins Daniel HKH Prinsessan Estelle
- HKH Prinsessan Leonore
HKH Prinsessan Birgitta
Princess Brigitta was born on 19 January 1937 as the second child of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. She has a brother and three sisters: Margaretha, Désirée and Christina. In 1959, during a visit with relatives, Birgitta met at a cocktail party on her future husband. On December 15, 1960, the engagement to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern ( b. 1932 ) was announced. The civil ceremony took place on 25 May 1961 at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, the church wedding on May 30, 1961 in the Parish Church of St. John Evangelist held in Sigmaringen.
As the wife of Prince Johann Georg von Hohenzollern she is the only one of the siblings, their spouses comes from a family of high nobility. Thus she was allowed to keep the title of Royal Highness. In 1990, the couple separated, but remained married. Bridget now lives in Majorca. Her husband was until 1998 the Director General of the Bavarian State Painting Collection.
The marriage produced three children:
- Carl Christian ( b. 1962 )
- Désirée ( b. 1963 )
- Hubertus ( b. 1966 )
Princess Birgitta is involved in several charitable organizations and is the honorary chairman of the Royal Swedish golf society that Prince Bertil of Sweden took over after the death of her uncle. It organizes regular golf tournaments on their private golf course in Mallorca, where the "Princess Birgitta Trophy" will be awarded in connection.
Title and Coat of Arms
Title
- Her Royal Highness Birgitta, Princess of Sweden (1937 - 1961)
- Her Royal Highness Birgitta, Princess of Sweden and Hohenzollern (since 1961)
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is quartered by a golden narrow Tatzenkreuz and wearing a heart-shaped shield.
The central shield is divided. Right in blue and red, right diagonally divided by a silver slant bar with a golden pile asked Wasagarbe. At top left in a blue auffliegender right golden eagle with a hovering the constellation " Big Dipper " with seven golden stars. This includes a roof-shaped silver bridge with two crenellated towers, standing on a medium, large and two smaller passages over a cut with silver waves, silver field.
Unlike the daughters of her brother is Birgitta, just like her sisters, has never been nominated for a Swedish Duchess. All three therefore perform all the Swedish coat of arms, without changes in the four fields. In the first and fourth field in blue three ( 2:1) Asked golden crowns ( for the small national coat of arms of Sweden ). In the second and third field is in blue, three silver diagonally left wave beams, a golden, langued and reinforced gold crowned lion ( Folkunger - Arms).
The escutcheon is placed a golden, five-pointed crown prince with lace pearls and blue cap with gold crowns. Between the peaks black vertically positioned Wasagasse Arben are shown.
The actual coat of arms is surrounded by the band of the Royal Seraphinenordens.
Pictures
Birgitta at her wedding to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
Princess Birgitta Princess Margaretha and at the wedding of Princess Madeleine