♕ Princess Sibylla of Sweden || Safe and Sound

Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora; 18 January 1908 – 28 November 1972)was the mother of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. A member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sibylla became a Swedish princess by marrying Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, who did not live to ascend the Swedish throne.
In November 1931, Sibylla was in London to attend the wedding of Lady May Abel Smith as a bridesmaid. One of the other bridesmaids was Ingrid of Sweden, who introduced Sibylla to her brother, Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten. Their engagement was announced at Callenberg Castle in Coburg 16 June 1932.
On 19 October in Coburg, Sibylla married her second cousin Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten, in a civil ceremony, followed by a church wedding the day after. Gustaf Adolf was the eldest son of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden (later Gustaf VI Adolf) and Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Both Sibylla and Gustaf Adolf were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Sibylla never became Crown Princess herself since her husband died before his father and his grandfather King Gustav V.
The couple settled at Haga Palace, and their four daughters were to be commonly known during their childhood as the "Hagaprinsessorna" (English: "The Haga Princesses"). Sibylla shared her husband's enthusiasm for sport and outdoor activities, and the couple owned a cottage in Ingarö and another one in Storlien.Sibylla was also a keen supporter of the Swedish Girl Guides movement.
Sibylla became a widow in 1947 when Gustaf Adolf died in an airplane crash at the Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. Their only son, Carl Gustaf, became second-in-line to the throne at the age of nine months and, later, Crown Prince at the age of four. In 1950, Sybilla moved from Haga to the Royal Palace of Stockholm. During the summers, she stayed at Solliden. During these years, she developed an interest in environmental issues.
Sibylla died in Stockholm of cancer less than a year before her son ascended to the throne.

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[cindyreynolds]

Beautiful video!! When she smiles she reminds me of Rose Kennedy!!

[HopeSwe]

Has anyone else noticed the slight parallel between Sibylla’s 5 children (The Haga Princesses + their little brother Carl Gustaf) and the Romanov children (OTMA + their little brother Alexei)?

Wonderful video. Great work!

[Kaffemosterful]

@06:43 The tiara came to Sweden with Princess Margaret "Daisy" of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden, when she married the Swedish prince Gustaf Adolf in 1905.
The tiara was made in 1904 by the British chief jeweler Garrard & Co and was a wedding gift from the Crown Princess's parents, the Duke couple of Connaught. That it is called "Sibylla's tiara" is because the princess was fond of it and wore it on several occasions.

[thomasdahlen]

Princess Sibylla was a very beautiful woman.She was a grandgrandchild of Queen Victoria.Her husband was also a grandgrandchild of Queen Victoria.Sibyllas grandchild Princess Madeleine of Sweden reminds me of Princess Sibylla.She was not disliked in Sweden.She was respected for her engagemet in sport and culture.She was often in The royal box at The Royal opera in Stockholm, but when they played Verdis Un ballo in maschera, The Stockholm version, she walked out just before The King in The opera was shot.Sibylla died to earl of cancer in The colon.Very sad.

[randiphoenix]

why did you remove the Maria Feodorovna and Maria Alexandrovna videos?

[astridsegall]

Princess Madeleine looks like a lot her.

[sherryhall]

I need to read up on her. I’ve never heard of her before.

[notnek]

Her children have said she was a cold and distant mother.

[thiagomoreira]

The last good-born Swedish consort. After her, only common women with no lineage.

[Ettibridget]

Is it right that she never learned proper swedish?