page_title: Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
section_title: Marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Ingeborg of Denmark / Marriage
caption_attribution_description: English: Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Västergötland in mourning
context_page_description: Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, was a Princess of Sweden by marriage to Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark, and the maternal grandmother of Harald V of Norway, Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium, the matrilineal great grandmother of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and the paternal great-grandaunt of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
context_section_description: In May 1897, Princess Ingeborg was engaged to Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland. Prince Carl was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and Sophia of Nassau. They were, therefore, first cousins once-removed.
  They married on 27 August 1897 in the chapel at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen and spent their honeymoon in Germany.
  The couple had four children: 
  Princess Margaretha of Sweden, later Princess Axel of Denmark (1899–1977).
  Princess Märtha of Sweden, later Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954).
  Princess Astrid of Sweden, later Queen of the Belgians (1905–1935).
  Prince Carl Bernadotte, known as Carl Jr., later Prince Bernadotte, a Belgian title (1911–2003).
  In 1947, on the occasion of their wedding anniversary, her spouse admitted that their marriage had been completely arranged by their respective fathers, and Ingeborg herself added: "I married a complete stranger!"
caption: Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland in mourning, 1900s
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