Ann-Mari, Princess of Bismarck (née Tengbom; 26 July 1907 – 22 September 1999) was a Swedish socialite and the wife of Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck.
Ann-Mari | |
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| Princess of Bismarck | |
 The Princess of Bismarck on her wedding day in 1928. | |
| Born | 26 July 1907 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 22 September 1999 (aged 92) Marbella, Spain |
| Noble family | Tengbom (by birth) Bismarck (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck |
| Issue | Countess Mari Ann von Bismarck-Schönhausen Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck Count Maximilian von Bismarck-Schönhausen Countess Gunilla von Bismarck-Schönhausen Count Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen |
| Father | Ivar Tengbom |
| Styles of The Princess of Bismarck | |
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| Reference style | Her Serene Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Serene Highness |
Biography
editAnn-Mari Tengbom was born on 26 July 1907 in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom and his first wife, Hjördis Nordin (1877-1969).[1] She attended school in Stockholm, where she was a classmate of Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg.[2]
On 18 April 1928 she married German politician and diplomat Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck, Head of the House of Bismarck, in a Lutheran ceremony at the Berlin Cathedral. They had six children:[3]
- Countess Mari Ann (1929–1981).
- Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck (1930–2019)
- Count Carl Alexander (1935–1992).
- Count Maximilian Viktor (born 1947).
- Countess Gunilla Margaretha (born 1949)
- Count Eduard Leopold (born 1951).
During the war, she and her husband moved into a villa in Rome, where she was known to have thrown parties for members of Italian and German high society.[4] While her husband was a diplomat in Rome, the Princess told Filippo Anfuso, head of the Cabinet of Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, "that Germany is lost, that Hitler has ruined the country and its people."[5]
She died on 22 September 1999 in Marbella, Spain.
References
edit- ^ Emanuel, Muriel (23 January 2016). Contemporary Architects. Springer. ISBN 9781349041848 – via Google Books.
- ^ Persson, Sune (30 October 2009). Escape from the Third Reich: Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses. Grub Street Publishers. ISBN 9781783469512 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Famille: Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck + Ann-Mari Tengbom – Rodovid FR". fr.rodovid.org.
- ^ Eugen Dollmann, 'With Hitler and Mussolini: Memoirs of a Nazi Interpreter
- ^ The Ciano Diaries 1939-1943: The Complete, Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano, (1945) p.348.