Princess Margaret of Denmark

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For other namesakes, see Queen Margaret of Denmark

Marguerite, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (Bernstorff, Denmark 17 September 1895 - Copenhagen 18 September 1992) was a Danish princess and wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma.

Her parents were Prince Valdemar of Denmark, youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Princess Marie d'Orleans.

She married a Catholic prince, her mother's relative, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (17 October 1894 Austria - 30 July 1962 Copenhagen) on June 9, 1921 in Copenhagen. 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;

• Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (9 June 1922-5 November 1964)
• Anne of Bourbon-Parma (born 18 September 1923); married the deposed king Michael I of Romania
• Michel of Bourbon-Parma (born 4 March 1926)
• André of Bourbon-Parma (born 6 March 1928)

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.