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On This Day In History . 15 June 1905 . Princess Margaret of Connaught married Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden . . ◼ Princess Margaret of Connaught (b.15 January 1882 – d.1 May 1920), was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, (third son of Queen Victoria) & Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. . ◼ On a trip to Egypt she met Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, the future Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b.11 November 1882 – d.15 September 1973) the grandson of the Swedish King Oscar II. Originally, Margaret’s sister Patricia had been considered a suitable match for Gustaf Adolf; without his knowledge, a meeting was arranged with the two sisters. . ◼  Gustaf Adolf & Margaret fell in love at first sight. The Prince proposed at a dinner held by Lord Cromer at the British Consulate in Egypt, & was accepted. Margaret had certainly fallen completely in love with Gustaf Adolf. Her parents were very happy with the match. . ◼ Gustaf Adolf & Margaret married on 15 June 1905, in St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle. The couple spent their honeymoon in Ireland, & arrived in Sweden on 8 July 1905. One of Margaret’s wedding presents was the Connaught tiara, which remains in the Swedish royal jewellery collection today. . ◼ The couple had five children. Margaret was a dedicated mother to her children, & was determined to spend time with them. She was not keen on letting them be raised by nursery staff, as was the convention of the day. . ◼ When Gustaf Adolf’s father, Crown Prince Gustaf, acceded to the throne as King Gustaf V in 1907, the couple became Crown Prince & Princess of Sweden. . ◼ On 1 May 1920, her father’s 70th birthday, Crown Princess Margaret died suddenly in Stockholm. The official announcement said infection set in following a mastoid operation. At the time, she was eight months pregnant and expecting her sixth child. . ◼ The widowed Gustaf Adolf married Lady Louise Mountbatten, formerly Princess Louise of Battenberg, on 3 November 1923 at St. James’s Palace. She was the aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1905 #d15jun #PrincessMargaret #PrincessMargaretofconnaught #otd #RoyalHistory (at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeKiSwjrE_/?igshid=hqjj2ko2equ3