Carl, Prince Bernadotte

Carl Prince Bernadotte Prince Carl in 1931 Spouse Countess Elsa von Rosen Ann Margareta Larsson Kristine Rivelsrud Issue Countess Madeleine Bernadotte Full name Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian Father Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland Mother Princess Ingeborg of Denmark Born 10 January 1911(1911-01-10) Stockholm, Sweden Died 23 July 2003 (aged 92) Málaga, Spain

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    Vilhelm, 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 Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (Stockholm, 10 January 1911 – Málaga, 27 June/23 July 2003), formerly known as Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest child of Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. To distinguish himself from his father, he was widely known as Mulle within the family. Apparently his mother wanted to name him Samuel, but this was not thought of as a proper royal name.

When Prince Carl married countess Elsa von Rosen (Stockholm, 7 February 1904 – Stockholm, 15 April 1991), daughter of count Eugén von Rosen and wife Eleonore Wijk, on 6 July 1937 at Kvillinge, Sweden, he had to relinquish his succession rights and his royal titles. His brother-in-law King Leopold III of Belgium conferred upon him the title Prince Bernadotte in the Belgian nobility on the same date, with the right to the title of Count or Countess for his male-line descendants. Carl had one daughter, who bears the title of Countess, and divorced Elsa in 1951. He married secondly to Ann Margareta Larsson (Danderyd, 22 March 1921 – 1975) at Danderyd, Sweden, on 1 November 1954. They divorced in 1961, without issue. His third and final marriage was at Rabat, Morocco, on 8 June 1978 to Kristine Rivelsrud (b. Eidsfoss, Norway, 22 April 1932), without issue.

Prince Carl died on 27 July 2003 in Málaga, Spain.

Issue

• Countess Madeleine Ingeborg Ella Astrid Elsa Bernadotte (b. Stockholm, 8 October 1938), married in Stockholm on 6 October 1962 and divorced in 1980 Charles Albert Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, created in 1962 1er Comte Ullens de Schooten Whettnall by primogeniture (Cairo, 11 November 1927 – Leuven, 10 May 2006), and had four children, and married secondly in Corfu on 21 November 1981 Nicos Kogevinas (Corfu, 6 September 1918 – Geneva, 4 December 2006), and had one daughter:
  • Marie-Christine Margarethe Else Ingeborg Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Brussels, 24 March 1964), married civilly at Ixelles on 6 January 1996 and religiously at Udaipur, India, on 14 January 1996 Joël Joseph André Duysan (b. Monaco, 14 April 1963), and had three children:
    • Diego Duysan (b. 23 May 1996)
    • Sarah Duysan (b. Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 17 December 1997)
    • Nina Duysan (b. 1 April 2001)
  • Jean Charles Antoine 2e Comte Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Brussels, 6 October 1965), married firstly civilly at Ixelles on 18 September 1996 and religiously at Vieusart on 19 October 1996 and divorced in 2000 Dorothée Sarah Régine Marie de Pauw (b. Brussels, 25 December 1971), without issue, and married secondly at Ixelles on 24 June 2004 Catherine Mattelaer, and had one daughter:
    • Alix Elsa Madeleine Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. 27 May 2007)
  • Astrid Marguerite Sophie Marie Thérèse Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Uccle, 17 March 1971), married civilly at Saint-Gilles on 19 April 1996 and religiously at Wezembeek-Oppem on 7 September 1996 Lionel Alain Christian Jadot (b. Uccle, 16 August 1970), without issue
  • Sophie Pauline Marie Charlotte Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whattnall (b. Brussels, 27 February 1973), unmarried and without issue
  • Désirée Stephanie Ursula Kogevinas (b. Uccle, 16 September 1977), married in Cape Town on 3 January 2008 Justin Rosenorn-Lanng

The Huseby scandal

Carl Bernadotte was at the center of the Huseby scandal that occurred in the late 1950s in Sweden amidst large publicity. Bernadotte had gained the trust of Florence Stephens, a wealthy elderly heiress of a large estate near Växjö in southern Sweden. A complex set of criminal transactions led to the ruin of Stephens and to bring Bernadotte to court. Interestingly, Bernadotte was acquitted in spite of his full confession – he was not considered sane with regards to his actions and therefore not criminally culpable. Bernadotte left Sweden shortly after the trial and spent the rest of his life in Spain.

Ancestry

External links

• Royal House of Sweden