History - OnThisDay - September 17th. 1895 - Princess Margaret of Denmark
Margrethe Françoise Louise Helene was born on September 17th. 1895 at Bernstorff Palace in Denmark. Family ties Her parents were Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans. Princess Margaret was thus a granddaughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (through her father). Princess Margaret was raised as a Roman Catholic, the faith of her mother. Love and Marriage On June 9th. 1921, Princess Margaret married in Copenhagen, Prince René of Bourbon Parma. Prince René of Bourbon Parma was the brother of Empress Zita of Austria and of Felix, the Consort of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as well. Prince René and Princess Margaret would have 4 children. One of them, Anne, would marry King Michael I of Romania. World War II Most of the time, Princess Margaret and her husband lived in France. However with the outbreak of World War II, they fled for the Nazi's. Death After the war, the couple settled i