Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg

Carl Johan
Count Bernadotte of Wisborg
Carl Johan Bernadotte 2010
Spouse Kerstin Wijkmark
Countess Gunnila Wachtmeister af Johannishus
Full name
Carl Johan Arthur
House House of Bernadotte
Father Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Mother Princess Margaret of Connaught
Born 31 October 1916 (1916-10-31) (age 95)
Stockholm, Sweden

Carl Johan Arthur Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, RE formerly Prince Carl Johan Arthur of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (born Stockholm, 31 October 1916), is the paternal uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and the maternal uncle of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and former Queen-consort Anne-Marie of Greece. He is the fifth and youngest child, and the fourth son, of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught.[1]

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Marriages

Bernadotte lost his succession rights to the Swedish throne and renounced his titles in 1946 when he married in New York City, New York on 19 February a woman who was not of equal rank (i.e., not of a sovereign house), Elin Kerstin Margaretha Wijkmark (Stockholm, 4 October 1910 – Kungsberga, 11 September 1987), daughter of Henning Wijkmark and wife Elin Larsson. However, he is still present in the line of succession to the British throne.

In Copenhagen on 29 September 1988 he married Countess Gunnila Märtha Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus (Stockholm, 12 May 1923), daughter of Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus and wife Baroness Märta de Geer af Leufsta.

Title

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

The count celebrated his 95th birthday on 31 October 2011. He is the last surviving great-grandchild of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, following the death in 2007 of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. On 29 June 2011, he surpassed his elder brother Sigvard (1907-2002) as the longest-lived of Queen Victoria's male descendants.

He was chairman of Ointroducerad Adels Förening, the association of unintroduced nobility in Sweden, 1948-1963.

Children

Bernadotte has two adopted children:

Titles from birth

Ancestry

Bernadotte is descended from King Gustaf V of Sweden through his father King Gustaf VI Adolf, and from Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, through Prince Arthur's daughter Princess Margaret of Connaught. He is at present the eldest living descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ Who's who in the extended royal family The Local, 21 May 2010

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