Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908-1972) was Duchess of Västerbotten and a Princess of Sweden, and the mother of the future Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She was the daughter of Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of Albany, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (herself daughter of Caroline Mathilde of Augustenborg and Frederik Ferdinand of Glucksburg), from an ancient Scandinavian princely house.

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Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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In 1932 she married Prince Gustav-Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten, the eldest son and heir apparent of the future King Gustav VI Adolf, but as her husband died before her grandfather-in-law, Sibylla never became crown princess herself. Sibylla and Prince Gustav-Adolf of Sweden had five children:

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Heir apparent - Gustav VI Adolf

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• Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934-)
• HRH Princess Birgitta (1937-)
• Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938-)
• Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnusson (1943-)
• HM King Carl XVI Gustaf (1946-)

When Prince Gustav-Adolf died in an airplane accident at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, their son Gustav-Adolf became his grandfather's heir apparent at the age of one year, and later the Crown Prince at the age of four. Sibylla died before her son ascended the throne.

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