Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18 January 1908–28 November 1972) was Duchess of Västerbotten and a Princess of Sweden, and the mother of the future Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She was the daughter of Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of Albany, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (herself daughter of Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Augustenburg and Duke Frederik Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Glücksburg), from an ancient Scandinavian princely house.
In 1932 Sibylla married Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten. Gustaf Adolf was the eldest son of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustav VI Adolf). Sibylla never became crown princess herself since her husband died before his grandfather (King Gustav V). Sibylla and Gustaf Adolf had five children:
- Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (born 1934)
- Princess Birgitta, Princess Johann-Georg of Hohenzollern (born 1937)
- Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (born 1938)
- Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (born 1943)
- King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946)
Sibylla was widowed in 1947 when Gustaf Adolf died in an airplane accident at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. Their son Carl Gustaf became second in line to the throne at the age of one year, and later Crown Prince at the age of four. Sibylla died before her son ascended the throne.
Shorthand titles from birth to death
- Her Highness Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18 January 1908–20 October 1932)
- Her Royal Highness Princess Sibylla of Sweden (20 October 1932–28 November 1972)
| Styles of Princess Sibylla of Sweden |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Ancestry in Sweden
Through Sibylla, her son King Carl XVI Gustaf is a direct descendant of medieval Swedish high nobility lords of Oxenstierna, Trolle, Gädda, Gyllenstierna, Natt och Dag, Sture, royal Bonde, Bielke, Sparre of Tofta, Sparre of Ellinge, Baner, Tott, Gren, Ulv, Ekeblad of Hedaker, of Vinstorp and of Aspenäs as well as first counts of Count Sture, Tre Rosor Count of Bogesund and Oxenstierna Counts of Korsholm and Vasa. Sibylla was descended from Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten, great-great-granddaughter of Count Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1586-1656), kinsman of Queen Christina I of Sweden.
