Princess Margaret of Connaught
Princess Margaret of Connaught was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Known in Sweden as Margareta, her marriage produced five children.
Princess Margaret of Connaught
The newborn Princess Margaret with her grandmother Queen Victoria in May 1882
Wedding of Princess Margaret and Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1905.
Crown Princess Margaret and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf with their four eldest children in 1912.
Gustaf VI Adolf was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Adolf ascended the throne, he had been crown prince for nearly 43 years during his father's reign. As king, and shortly before his death, he gave his approval to constitutional changes which removed the Swedish monarchy's last political powers. He was a lifelong amateur archeologist particularly interested in Ancient Italian cultures.
Gustaf VI Adolf in 1962
Gustaf Adolf wearing his ducal coronet in Stockholm Palace circa 1900
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf meets some English footballers (c. 1910–1914).
Gustaf Adolf with his first wife, Margaret, and their children in 1912
