page_title: Princess Margaret of Connaught
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Margaret of Connaught / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Queen Victoria and Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden
context_page_description: Princess Margaret of Connaught was Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Scania as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Known in Sweden as Margareta, she died 30 years before her husband's accession to the throne of Sweden.
context_section_description: Princess Margaret was born at Bagshot Park and baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 11 March 1882 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her godparents were Queen Victoria (her paternal grandmother); William I, German Emperor (her maternal great-granduncle, who was represented by the German Ambassador, Count Münster); Victoria, Princess Royal (her paternal aunt, who was represented by her sister, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein); Prince and Princess Friedrich Karl of Prussia (her maternal grandparents, for whom her paternal uncle the Duke of Edinburgh and aunt Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom stood proxy); Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge (who was represented by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll); the Prince of Wales (her paternal uncle); Prince Charles of Prussia (represented by Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany) and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia (represented by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh). She was known as "Daisy" to her family.
  She was also confirmed in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle in March 1898.
  Princess Margaret grew up as a member of the British royal family, taking part in family holidays and weddings. She was a bridesmaid along with her sister at the wedding of their paternal cousins the Duke and Duchess of York on 6 July 1893.
caption: The newborn Princess Margaret with her grandmother Queen Victoria
exif: {"Image DateTime": "2012:04:04 12:14:59", "Image Artist": "National Portrait Gallery London"}