Désirée Silfverschiöld

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|{{Infobox royalty|princess
| name = Princess Désirée
| full name = Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla
| image = Prinsessan Désirée (cropped).jpg
| caption = Désirée prior to the [[Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill|wedding of her niece Madeleine]] in June 2013
| styles = Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld<br />''HRH'' Princess Désirée of Sweden
| spouse = Baron Nils August Silfverschiöld
| house = [[House of Bernadotte]]
| issue = Baron Carl Otto Silfverschiöld<br />Baroness Kristina-Louise Silfverschiöld<br />Baroness Hèléne Silfverschiöld
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|6|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Haga Palace]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], [[Sweden]]
| father = [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]]
| mother = [[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
}}
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|{{Swedish Royal Family}}
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'''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]]. Her brother is King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]].

==Biography==
Princess Desiree was born and grew up at the family home, [[Haga Palace]] outside [[Stockholm]] with her three sisters; together they were known as the ''Haga Princesses''. She was named after her ancestor [[Désirée Clary|Queen Desideria]] of Sweden, and after her mother Sibylla.

===Marriage and children===
[[File:Princess Désirée wedding cermony 1964.jpg|thumb|Princess Désirée at her wedding.]]
Princess Désirée's engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld, born at [[Koberg Castle]], Sweden on 31 May 1934, son of Baron Carl Silfverschiöld and wife Madeleine Bennich, was announced on 18 December 1963, and the couple married the next year on 5 June 1964 in [[Storkyrkan]] in [[Stockholm]]. As a result of her non-royal marriage, she lost her style of ''Royal Highness'', was named ''Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld'' and neither she nor her descendants can inherit the Swedish throne.

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld's marriage has produced three children:

* Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (b. [[Göteborg]], 22 March 1965) married in the presence of the complete [[Royal family]] in 2005 to Maria Fredriksson (b. [[Slottsstaden]], [[Malmö]], 12 April 1965).

* Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (b. [[Göteborg]], 29 September 1966), married Baron Hans [[de Geer]] af Finspång (b. [[Stockholm]], 26 January 1963). Their son, Ian de Geer, was a Page Boy at the 2010 [[Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling]].<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UBCR_BNrBpM/Wedding+Swedish+Crown+Princess+Victoria+Daniel/pxoDjbguIIx/Ian+de+Geer Zimbio]</ref>

* Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (b. [[Göteborg]], 20 September 1968), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976, and in the same year also for [[Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland|Prince Bertil]] and [[Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland|Princess Lilian]] of Sweden, Helene's godmother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Finaste gåvan får Carl Philip (Swedish)|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article16399795.ab|publisher=Aftonbladet}}</ref>

===Representative duties===

Princess Désirée lives in the Silfvershiöld family's home at Castle Koberg and at Gasevadholm Castle in [[Halland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gasevadholm|url=http://www.slottsguiden.info/slottdetalj.asp?id=60}}</ref> She takes part in [[Swedish Royal Family]] events. Princess Désirée and Baron Silfverschiöld are occasionally invited to state dinners and receptions in Sweden.

With her family, she was a guest at the 2010 [[Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling]], where her grandson Ian was a pageboy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5493 |title=Royal wedding guest list published |publisher=Stockholm News |date= |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld is [[Crown Princess Victoria]]'s godmother.

==Titles and honours==
[[File:Armes des Princesses Brigitte, Margaretha et Désirée de Suède.svg|thumb|Desiree's Coat of Arms before her marriage]]

;Titles
*'''2 June 1938 – 5 June 1964''': ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Desiree of Sweden
*'''5 June 1964 - Present''': Princess Desiree, Baroness Silfverschiöld

;Honours
;National honours
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]]<ref>http://www.myheritageimages.com/C/storage/site51726131/files/51/02/00/510200_971155075d21h1nf1gcfea.jpg</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Dame of the [[Royal Family Order]] of King Gustaf VI Adolf<ref>https://40.media.tumblr.com/60fe7ecaaa1d093779ac4d0532ead997/tumblr_mstq2xIMlF1qzjmo0o1_500.png</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Dame of the [[Royal Family Order]] of King Carl XVI Gustaf<ref>http://asa.svenskdam.se/files/2013/01/desiree.jpg</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Commemorative Badge of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden|Ruby Jubilee Order of King Carl XVI Gustaf]]<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/184295809724771067/</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Commemorative Badge of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden|50th Birthday Order of King Carl XVI Gustaf]]

;Foreign honours
* {{flag|Germany}}: Grand-Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/565272190700823977/</ref>
* {{flag|Japan}}: Dame Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Precious Crown]]<ref>http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9314&d=1056358296</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Olav]]<ref>http://svenskdam.se/wp-content/gallery/roda-galablasor/princess-desiree.jpg</ref>

==Ancestry==
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|2= 2. [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|4= 4. [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]]
|5= 5. [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]]
|6= 6. [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|7= 7. [[Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein|Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]
|8= 8. [[Gustaf V of Sweden]]
|9= 9. [[Victoria of Baden|Princess Victoria of Baden]]
|10= 10. [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]
|11= 11. [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia]]
|12= 12. [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]]
|13= 13. [[Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|14= 14. [[Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]]
|16= 16. [[Oscar II of Sweden]]
|17= 17. [[Sophia of Nassau|Princess Sophia of Nassau]]
|18= 18. [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden]]
|19= 19. [[Princess Louise of Prussia]]
|20= 20. [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|21= 21. [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]]
|22= 22. [[Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia]]
|23= 23. [[Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau]]
|24= 24. [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (= 20)
|25= 25. [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]] (= 21)
|26= 26. [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|27= 27. [[Princess Helena of Nassau]]
|28= 28. [[Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]
|29= 29. [[Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
|30= 30. [[Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]]
|31= 31. [[Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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| NAME = Desiree, Baroness Silfverschiold, Princess
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish princess
| DATE OF BIRTH = 2 June 1938
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Haga Palace]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], [[Sweden]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:1938 births]]
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[[Category:Swedish princesses|Desiree 1938]]
[[Category:House of Bernadotte]]
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[[Category:People from Solna Municipality]]
[[Category:Swedish Lutherans]]
[[Category:Swedish people of German descent]]

[[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav]]
[[Category:Grand Cordons of the Order of the Precious Crown]]

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