Count Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg

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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

Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (15 November 1859 - 4 October 1953) was the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sofia of Nassau. He was born Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. Prince Oscar's marriage to Ebba Henrietta Munck af Fulkila on March 15, 1888, which had not been given consent by the King, lost him the rights of succession to the Swedish throne and his title. He was, however, invested with the new title Prince Bernadotte. On April 2, 1892, he was given the hereditary title Count of Wisborg by his uncle Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who was previously Duke of Nassau.

Oscar and Ebba had five children, the youngest of whom was (later) Count Folke Bernadotte. In order of age, their children were Maria, Carl, Sofia, Tess, and Folke.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Jean Henri Bernadotte

8. Charles XIV John of Sweden

17. Jeanne de Saint Vincent

4. Oscar I of Sweden

18. François Clary

9. Désirée Clary

19. Françoise Rose Somis

2. Oscar II of Sweden

20. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

10. Eugène de Beauharnais

21. Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie

5. Josephine of Leuchtenberg

22. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

11. Princess Augusta of Bavaria

23. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland

24. Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg

12. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

25. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

6. William, Duke of Nassau

26. Wilhelm Georg, Burgrave of Kirchberg

13. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

27. Princess Isabella Auguste of Reuss

3. Sofia of Nassau

28. Frederick I of Württemberg

14. Prince Paul of Württemberg

29. Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

7. Princess Pauline of Württemberg

30. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

15. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

31. Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz