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.

Biography

Ann-Mari was born on 26 July 1907 in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. She was the daughter of Swedish architect

Ivar Tengbom Ivar Justus Tengbom (April 7, 1878 – August 6, 1968) was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s. Tengbom was born in Vireda in Jönköping County, stu ...

. She attended school in Stockholm, where she was a classmate of

Folke Bernadotte Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II he negotiated the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps, including 450 Danish Jews fr ...

, Count of Wisborg. On 18 April 1928 she married German politician and diplomat Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck in a Lutheran ceremony at the

Berlin Cathedral The Berlin Cathedral (german: link=yes, Berliner Dom), also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Evangelical church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in centra ...

. They had six children: * 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 A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...

in Rome, where she was known to have thrown parties for members of Italian and German high society. 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 Filippo Anfuso (1 January 1901 – 13 December 1963) was an Italian writer, diplomat and Fascist politician. Biography Anfuso was born in Catania. His writing career started with a volume of short stories and poetry he published in 1917. Anfuso s ...

"that Germany is lost, that Hitler has ruined the country and its people".The Ciano Diaries 1939-1943: The Complete, Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano, (1945) p.348. She died on 22 September 1999 in

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...

, Spain.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tengbom, Ann-Mari 1907 births 1999 deaths Bismarck family German princesses Nobility in the Nazi Party Princesses by marriage People from Stockholm Swedish Nazis Swedish socialites Tengbom family