Editing Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (section)

==Engagement and marriage==
[[Image:Prins Carl & prinsessan Ingeborg av Danmark. Gifta 1897. Carl och Ingeborg fick tre döttrar, Margaretha, Märtha och Astrid.jpg|thumb|upright|Princess Ingeborg and [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Carl]] in 1897.]]

In May 1897, Princess Ingeborg was engaged at the age of eighteen to [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland]] who was the third son of [[Oscar II of Sweden|King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway]] and [[Sophia of Nassau]].{{sfn|Rotbain|2020}} They were, therefore, first cousins once-removed. It had long been a public secret that Crown Princess Louise wanted one of her daughters to marry a member of the [[Swedish royal family]], which thus indeed happened. In 1947, on the occasion of their [[golden wedding]] anniversary, her spouse admitted that their marriage had [[Arranged marriage|been completely arranged]] by their respective fathers, and Ingeborg herself added: "I married a complete stranger!"<ref name="ReferenceA">Lars Elgklou: Familjen Bernadotte. En kunglig släktkrönika (The Bernadotte family. A royal family chronicle) (in Swedish)</ref> Although their marriage was arranged, the outcome was very much in accordance with the personal aspiration of the princess who after the wedding said: "I have prayed to God for a whole year to have Carl."{{sfn|Bramsen|1992|p=353}}

The wedding was celebrated on 27 August 1897 in the [[Christiansborg Palace Chapel|chapel]] of [[Christiansborg Palace]] in Copenhagen.{{sfn|Engelstoft|1937|p=190}} The wedding guests included members of the [[Danish royal family|Danish]] and [[Swedish royal family|Swedish royal families]], as well as the bride's paternal aunts, the [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Dowager Empress of Russia]] and the [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess of Wales]]. After the [[wedding reception]], the newly married couple left the palace for the pier, where they embarked the Danish [[royal yacht]], the [[paddle steamer]] [[HDMY Dannebrog (1879)|''Dannebrog'']], which early next morning sailed for [[Lübeck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royal-magazin.de/norway/sweden-ingeborg-wedding-jewels.htm|title=Princess Ingeborg of Sweden and Norway – Royal Wedding Gifts and Jewel Presents|website=royal-magazin.de|access-date=2023-07-17|language=en}}</ref> They spent their honeymoon in Germany.