Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg

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Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg Born Carl Johan Arthur October 31, 1916 (1916-10-31) (age 91) Stockholm, Sweden Title Count Bernadotte of Wisborg (1951-present) Prince of Sweden (1916-1946), Duke of Dalarna (1916-1946) Parents King Gustav VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Connaught Relatives Gustav Adolf, Sigvard, Ingrid, Bertil

Swedish Royalty House of Bernadotte Charles XIV John Children    Oscar I Oscar I Children    Charles XV    Gustaf, Duke of Upland    Oscar II    Princess Eugenie    August, Duke of Dalarna Charles XV Children    Lovisa, Queen of Denmark    Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland Oscar II Children    Gustaf V    Oscar, Duke of Gotland    Eugén, Duke of Närke    Carl, Duke of Västergötland Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway    Astrid, Queen of Belgium    Carl, Duke of Östergötland Gustaf V Children    Gustaf VI Adolf    Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland    Erik, Duke of Västmanland Gustaf VI Adolf Children    Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten    Sigvard, Duke of Uppland    Ingrid, Queen of Denmark    Bertil, Duke of Halland    Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Princess Birgitta    Princess Désirée    Princess Christina    Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf Children    Crown Princess Victoria    Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland    Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Carl Johan Arthur Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, formerly Prince Carl Johan Arthur of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (born October 31, 1916), is the fifth and youngest child, and the fourth son, of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught. Carl Johan lost his succession rights and all titles in 1946 when he married a woman who was not of equal rank (i.e. not of a sovereign dynasty), Elin Kerstin Margaretha Wijkmark (1910-1987). In 1988 he married Countess Gunnila Wachtmeister af Johannishus (born 1923). As of October 2, 2007 he is the last surviving great-grandchild of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Carl Johan was created Count of Wisborg by Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg on July 2, 1951.

Carl Johan has no biological children, but he has two adopted children:

• Monica Kristina Margaretha Bernadotte (born March 5, 1948, adopted in 1951). Married (16 January 1976) and divorced (1997) Count Johan Peder Bonde af Björnö (born 5 May 1950 at Göteborg, Sweden) They have three children:
  • Countess Ebba Kristina Bonde af Björnö, born 20 October 1980
  • Countess Marianne Cecilia Bonde af Björnö, born 29 September 1982
  • Count Carl Johan Peder Bonde af Björnö, born 14 April 1984
• Christian Carl Henning Bernadotte (born December 3, 1949, adopted in 1950). Married 13 September 1980 Marianne Jenny (born 31 January 1958 in Zurich) They have three children:
  • Christina Bernadotte, born 28 May 1983 at Cleveland, Ohio
  • Richard Bernadotte, born 8 June 1985 at Cleveland, Ohio
  • Philip Bernadotte, born 18 May 1988 at Atlanta, Georgia

Count Carl Johan celebrated his 90th birthday on October 31, 2006. He is the last surviving great-grandchild of the Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom since the death of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. Should he live to see his 94th birthday on October 31, 2010, he will surpass his elder brother Sigvard as the longest lived of Queen Victoria's descendants.

His father and two of his elder siblings (Sigvard and Ingrid) both lived to reach or surpass 90 years of age, while another brother, Bertil, lived to be 84. His maternal grandfather, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, lived to be 91, while his paternal grandfather, King Gustav V of Sweden lived to be 92.

[edit] Titles from birth

• His Royal Highness Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (31 October 1916 - 19 February 1946)
• Mister Carl Johan Bernadotte (19 February 1946 - 2 July 1951)
• Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (2 July 1951 to present)

[edit] Ancestry

16. Oscar I of Sweden

8. Oscar II of Sweden

17. Josephine of Leuchtenberg

4. Gustav V of Sweden

18. Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau

9. Sofia of Nassau

19. Princess Pauline of Württemberg

2. Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden

20. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden

10. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden

21. Princess Sophie of Sweden

5. Victoria of Baden

22. William I, German Emperor

11. Princess Louise of Prussia

23. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

1. Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna

24. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

12. Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

25. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

6. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

26. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

13. Victoria of the United Kingdom

27. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

3. Princess Margaret of Connaught

28. Prince Charles of Prussia

14. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

29. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar

7. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia

30. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

15. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt

31. Princess Friederike of Prussia

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg House of Bernadotte Born: 31 October 1916
British royalty
Preceded by Countess Kajsa Bernadotte	Line of succession to the British Throne	Succeeded by Margrethe II of Denmark
Swedish royalty
Preceded by Vacant, last held by Prince August, Duke of Dalarna	Duke of Dalarna 1916-1947	Succeeded by none