Royal Profile: Princess Birigtta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Birgitta Ingeborg Alice of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born on 19 January 1937 as the second child of  Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten & Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha{Source}. She has an older sister, and three younger siblings, as well as several brothers-in-law, a sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, nieces and nephews-in-law, and great nieces and great nephews{Source}:

1. Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934)
1. John Kenneth Ambler (1924-2008,1964-separated 2006)
1. Sybilla Louise Ambler, Baroness von Dincklage (1965)
1. Baron Henning von Dincklage (1971, m.1998)
1. Madeleine Charlotte Freiin von Dincklage (1999)
2. Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000)
2. Charles Edward Ambler (1966)
1. Helen Jane Ross (1969, m.1999)
1. Sienna Rose Ambler(2000)
2. India Tani Ambler (2003)
3. James Patrick Ambler (1967)
1. Ursula Mary Shipley (1965, m. 2001)
1. Lily Elektra Ambler (2003)
2. Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004)
2. Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938)
1. Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Nicolas Silfverschiöld (1934, m. 1964, died 2017)
1. Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (1965)
1. Gunilla Maria Fredriksson
1. Anna Margareta Sybilla Desiree Silfverschiold (2006)
2. Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (1966)
1. Baron Hansde Geer af Finspång (1963, m. 1999)
1. Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng (2000)
2. Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2002)
3. Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004)
3. Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (1968)
3. Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943)
1. Tord Gösta Magnuson (1941, m. 1974)
1. Carl Gustaf Victor Magnuson (1975)
2. Tord Oscar Frederik Magnuson (1977)
3. Victor Edmund Lennart Magnuson (1980)
4. King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden (1946)
1. Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943, m. 1976)
1. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)
1. Prince Daniel of Sweden (1973. m. 2010)
1. Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (2012)
2. Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne (2016)
2. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (1979)
1. Princess Sofia of Sweden (1983, m. 2015)
1. Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland (2016)
2. Prince Gabriel Carl Walther of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)
3. Princess Madeleine of Sweden (1981)
1. Mr. Christopher Paul O'Neill (1974, m. 2013)
2. Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (2014)
3. Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland (2015)
4. Prince/ss of Sweden (2018)

During a visit in 1959 to friends and relatives in Germany, the princess met her future husband at a cocktail party{Source}.On 15 December 1960, her engagement to Prince Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael of Hohenzollern (1932-2016), was announced{Source}. The civil ceremony took place at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 25 May 1961, and the religious in the Sankt Johann Church at the bridegroom's Family Palace of Sigmaringen on 30 May/ 31 July 1961 {Source}. Due to her marriage, she converted from Lutheran to Roman Catholic.In doing so, she and her children remain ineligible for succession, even if the succession was ever expanded to include her and her descendants.  Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta separated in 1990, although they remained legally married. She lives on the island of Majorca in Spain, while her husband lived in Munich.

She has the following children, children-in-law and grandchildren:

1. Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (1962)
1. Princess Nicole Helene of Hohenzollern (1968,m. 1999)
1. Prince Nicolas Johann Georg Maria of Hohenzollern (1999)
2. Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (1963)
1. The Count Heinrich von Ortenburg (m. 1990-2002, div)
1. Hereditary Count Carl-Theodor Georg Philipp Maria of Ortenburg (1992)
2. Count Frederik Hubertus Ferdinand Maria of Ortenburg (1995)
3. Countess Carolina Maria Franziska Christina Stephanie of Ortenburg(1997)
2. Eckbert von Bohlen und Halbach (m. 2004)
3. Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (1966)
1. Uta Maria König (1964, m. 2000)
1. Prince Lennart Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (10 January 2001-14 January 2001)
2. Vivianne von Hohenzollern (2009, adopted)