Princess Margaret of Denmark was a princess of Denmark and Iceland by birth and a princess of Bourbon-Parma as the wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma.
Background
Her parents were Prince Valdemar of Denmark, youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), and Princess Marie d"Orleans. She married a Catholic prince, her mother"s relative, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (Schwarzau, 17 October 1894 – Hellerup, Copenhagen, 30 July 1962) on 9 June 1921 in Copenhagen.
Career
She was the first Danish princess since the Reformation born a Roman Catholic. He was the third youngest son (and seventh surviving son) of the many children of Robert I, Duke of Parma. His mother was the Duke"s second wife Princess Maria Antonia, daughter of the exiled King Miguel I of Portugal.
René was the brother of Empress Zita of Austria and of Felix, the consort of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
René and Margrethe had four children, sixteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren;
Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (9 June 1922 – 5 November 1964) married Birgitte von Holstein-Ledreborg, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg on 9 June 1947. Prince Philippe of Bourbon-Parma (22 January 1949) married Annette Smith on 5 May 1979.
They have two sons:
Prince Jacques Carl Christian Marie of Bourbon-Parma (3 January 1986)
Prince Joseph Axel Alain Erik Marie of Bourbon-Parma (6 June 1989)
Princess Lorraine Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma (27 July 1951)
Prince Alain Jean of Bourbon-Parma (15 May 1955) married Inge-Birgitte Vedel Andersen on 3 March 2001. Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (18 September 1923) married King Michael I of Romania on 10 June 1948.
They divorce in 1966.
He remarries Princess Maria Pia of Savoy on 17 May 2003. They have three children:
Marguerite Bécaud (3 January 1993)
Héléna Bécaud (1998)
Dagmar Bécaud (2004)
Princess Astrid of Bourbon-Parma (22 September 1964)
They have three children:
Prince Côme of Bourbon-Parma (7 May 1997)
Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (26 March 2000)
Princess Cure of Bourbon-Parma (13 December 2004)
The family was relatively poor. They chiefly resided in France.
In 1939 the family fled from the Nazis and escaped to Spain.
From there they went to Portugal and then to the United States.