[Ratifications exchanged at Stockholm, November 12, 1923.]

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Sweden on the other part, already connected by ties of friendship and relationship, having judged it proper that an alliance should again be contracted between their respective Royal Houses by a marriage, agreed to on both sides, between:

The Lady Louise Mountbatten, daughter of Admiral of the Fleet, the Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, and great-grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India;

And His Royal Highness Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Scania, eldest son of His Majesty the King of Sweden;

And the two High Bethrothed Parties having declared their consent to such an alliance;

In order, therefore, to attain so desirable an end, and to treat upon, conclude and confirm the Articles of the Treaty of the said marriage, His Britannic Majesty, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Sweden on the other part, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: –

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: Sir Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay, K.C.M.G., C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stockholm;

And His Majesty the King of Sweden: Herr Carl Fredrik Wilhelm Hederstierna, Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, His Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: –

ART. I. It is concluded and agreed that the marriage between the Lady Louise Mountbatten, daughter of Admiral of the Fleet, the Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, and great-grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Royal Highness Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Scania, eldest son of His Majesty the King of Sweden, shall be solemnised in person in London as soon as the same may conveniently be done.

Immediately after the celebration of the marriage a formally authenticated Act of the same shall be delivered by the competent authority in good and due form.

II. The settlements to be made on either side in regard to the said marriage of the Lady Louise Mountbatten and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, will be agreed upon and expressed in a separate Marriage Contract.

This contract shall be deemed to form an integral part of the present Treaty, and the High Contracting Parties hereby mutually engage themselves to be bound by its terms.

III. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Stockholm as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done in duplicate at Stockholm, the 27th day of October, in the year of Our Lord 1923.

1 "Treaty Series, No. 2 (1924)." Signed also in the Swedish language.

Source

British and foreign state papers. 1923. Part I, Vol. CXVII, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1926, pp. 371-372.

Comments

(to follow)

• The Act of Succession (ICL)

• Swedish Royal Family links

• British Royal Family links

• Hoelseth's Royal Corner

• The main site

This page was last updated on Tuesday 6 July 2010
(first time published at http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/swe-mt-19231027.html on Monday 7 November 2005).

© 2005-2010 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth