Princess Astrid … Of SwedenAge: 291905–1935
- Name
- Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
- Given names
- Astrid
- Name prefix
- Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Sweden
| Birth | 17 November 1905 44 27 |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 45 days) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 8 December 1907 (Age 2) Stockholm, Sweden
paternal grandfather -
Oscar II … King Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 2) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 3) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 4) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a brother | 10 January 1911 (Age 5)
younger brother -
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 5) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 14 May 1912 (Age 6) Hamburg, Germany
maternal grandfather -
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 6) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 30 December 1913 (Age 8) Stockholm, Sweden
paternal grandmother -
Sophia …
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 7) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 7) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 8) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 9) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 10) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 11) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 12) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Marriage of a sister | Margaretha … - View family 1919 (Age 13)
brother-in-law -
Axel … Of Denmark
elder sister -
Margaretha …
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 13) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 14) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 15) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 16) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 17) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 20 March 1926 (Age 20) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
maternal grandmother -
Louise … Of Sweden
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| Marriage | Leopold Philip Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Michael Saxe-Coburg - View family 10 November 1926 (Age 20) Brussels, Belgium |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 20) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1927 (Age 21)
daughter -
Josephine Charlotte …
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| Australian History | 1927 (Age 21) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 22) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Marriage of a sister | Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden - View family 1929 (Age 23)
brother-in-law -
Olav V … King Of Norway
elder sister -
Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1929 (Age 23) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 7 September 1930 (Age 24) Chateau de, Stuyvenberg, Belgium |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 24) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 25) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 26) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 27) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1934 (Age 28)
son -
Albert … Prince Of Liege
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| Death | 29 August 1935 (Age 29) Kussnacht, Switzerland |
| Burial | Laeken, Brussels, Belgium |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Prince Charles … Of Sweden
Birth 1861 31 24 Death 1951 (Age 90) Loading...
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17 years mother |
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
Birth 1878 34 26 Death 1958 (Age 80) Loading...
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Marriage: 1897 |
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2 years #1 elder sister |
Margaretha …
Birth 1899 38 21 Death 1977 (Age 78) Loading...
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2 years #2 elder sister |
Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
Birth 1901 40 23 Death 1954 (Age 53) Loading...
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5 years #3 herself |
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
Birth 17 November 1905 44 27 Death 29 August 1935 (Age 29) Kussnacht, Switzerland Loading...
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5 years #4 younger brother |
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
Birth 10 January 1911 50 33 Death yes Loading...
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| Family with Leopold Philip Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Michael Saxe-Coburg - View family |
| husband |
Leopold Philip Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Michael Saxe-Coburg
Birth 3 November 1901 Brussels, Belgium Death 25 September 1983 (Age 81) Near Brussels, Belgium Loading...
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4 years herself |
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
Birth 17 November 1905 44 27 Death 29 August 1935 (Age 29) Kussnacht, Switzerland Loading...
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Marriage: 10 November 1926 — Brussels, Belgium |
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2 months #1 daughter |
Josephine Charlotte …
Birth 1927 25 21 Death yes Loading...
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4 years #2 son |
King Baudouin I … Of The Belgians
Birth 7 September 1930 28 24 Chateau de, Stuyvenberg, Belgium Death yes Loading...
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3 years #3 son |
Albert … Prince Of Liege
Birth 1934 32 28 Death yes Loading...
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Princess Astrid … Of Sweden has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents Gustav V … King Of Sweden + … …
Parents Oscar … Count Of Wisborg + Ebba Munck Of Fulkila
Mother's family (8)
Parents Christian X … King Of Denmark + Alexandrine … Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Parents Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway + Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
Parents Harold … + Helene … Of Schleswig- Holstein
Extra information
Internal reference
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Last change 16 August 2011 - 13:52:46by: Jason Potts JP
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