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Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, was born Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine on 10 June 1982 at Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm.
She is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
A member of the House of Bernadotte, she was third in the line of succession at birth and currently ranks ninth.