Ann-Mari Tengbom

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
Princess of Bismarck
The Princess of Bismarck on her wedding day in 1928.
Born(1907-07-26)26 July 1907
Stockholm, Sweden
Died22 September 1999(1999-09-22) (aged 92)
Marbella, Spain
Noble familyBismarck (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck
IssueCountess Mari Ann von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck
Count Maximilian von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Countess Gunilla von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Count Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen
FatherIvar Tengbom
Styles of
The Princess of Bismarck
Reference styleHer Serene Highness
Spoken styleYour Serene Highness

Biography

Ann-Mari was born on 26 July 1907 in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom.[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 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).

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 Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari's head of Cabinet, Filippo Anfuso "that Germany is lost, that Hitler has ruined the country and its people."[5]

She died on 22 September 1999 in Marbella, Spain.

References
  1. Emanuel, Muriel (23 January 2016). Contemporary Architects. Springer. ISBN 9781349041848 – via Google Books.
  2. Persson, Sune (30 October 2009). Escape from the Third Reich: Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses. Grub Street Publishers. ISBN 9781783469512 – via Google Books.
  3. "Famille: Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck + Ann-Mari Tengbom – Rodovid FR". fr.rodovid.org.
  4. Eugen Dollmann, 'With Hitler and Mussolini: Memoirs of a Nazi Interpreter
  5. The Ciano Diaries 1939-1943: The Complete, Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano, (1945) p.348.
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