Princess Margarita of Baden

Princess Margarita of Baden (Margarete Alice Thyra Viktoria Marie Louise Scholastica; 14 July 1932 – 15 January 2013) was the only daughter of

Princess Margarita was born at Schloss Salem, Germany, on 14 July 1932 and grew up there. She was the eldest child and only daughter of Berthold, Margrave of Baden, who ran a school jointly with Kurt Hahn, and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969), older sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Margarita was the first great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.

She came to live in

On 5 June 1957 Princess Margarita married Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, younger brother of the former King Peter II of Yugoslavia, in a civil ceremony in Salem^[2] followed by Lutheran and Serbian Orthodox church services on 6 June. She wore a "plain white corded silk dress with a V-neckline, long sleeves, and a full skirt, and an old family train" with an orange blossom garland. Her train was carried by her first cousins Princes Welf and George of Hanover. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (her maternal uncle), and King Simeon of Bulgaria were among the guests.^[3] From this marriage were born:

• Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 15 March 1958, London), who married Ljiljana Licanin (b. 12 December 1957) on 30 August 1992 in Denmark. They have a daughter named Princess Marija (b. 31 August 1993)
• Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (born 28 November 1959, London)

The couple settled in the United Kingdom, running a fruit farm near Billingshurst in Sussex. They were divorced in 1981.

Later years

Princess Margarita was a champion of Serbian charities and was also president of the Convent of Martha and Mary in Moscow.

Princess Margarita died in