Count Lennart first married Karin Nissvandt (born in Nora, Sweden or Stockholm, 7 July 1911; died in Constance, Switzerland, 9 September 1991) and religiously in London on 11 March 1932. They divorced in 1972, after having four children:
Name | Birth (& Death) | Marriage and Children |
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Birgitta Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 3 May/5 May 1933 |
married in
Mainau, Switzerland, on 11 June 1955, Friedrich Otto Straehl (b.
Constance, Switzerland, 20 November 1922), and had five children: ¶ Friedrich Lennart Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 10 April 1956), married in Homburg, Switzerland on 28 June 1986 Regula Kleger (b. Chur, 24 August 1960), and had two children:
¶ Andreas Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 16 July 1957), married in Mainau on 14 September 1985 Uschi Hefti (b. Glarus, 7 August 1958), and had two children:
¶ Maria Kristina Straehl (b.
Kreuzlingen, 23 April 1960), married in
Mainau on 24 September 1983 Alexander Haessig (b.
Lucerne, 23 February 1948), without issue |
Maria Lovisa Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 6 November 1935 and died in Constance, Switzerland, 24 May 1988 |
married in
Mainau, Switzerland, 11 September 1956 Rudolf Adolf Kautz (b.
Engen, Germany, 24 August 1930), and had three children:
¶ Henrik Adolf Kautz (b. Constance, Switzerland, 16 July 1957), married in Constance on 29 April 1983 Kerstin Janke (b. Berlin, 4 February 1957), and had two children:
¶ Karin Marie Helene Kautz (b. Constance, 13 October 1958), married in Constance on 28 August 1992 Walther Fritz, and had one daughter:
¶ Madeleine Kautz (b. Constance, 23 August 1961), unmarried and without issue |
Carl Johan (Jan) Gustaf Vilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 9 January 1941 |
married (1) in Toro on 3 May 1965 Gunilla Stampe (b. Toro, 3 September 1941), divorced without issue in 1967 |
married (2) in
Mainau, Switzerland, on 26 June 1967 Anna Skarne (b.
Stockholm, 1 April 1944), divorcing in 1970, by whom he had one daughter: ¶ Sophia Magdalena Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Stockholm, 3 May 1968), unmarried, who has three children with Michael Söderström: | ||
married (3) in
Constance, Switzerland on 23 June 1972 Annegret Thomssen (b.
Bremen, Germany, 15 November 1938), divorcing in 1974 after having one daughter: ¶ Cia-Rosemarie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Constance, 30 September 1972), married Sven Roderburg, having one daughter:
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married (4) in
Diepholz, Germany, on 6 September 1974 Maritta Berg (b.
Diepholz, 7 December 1953), divorcing in 1987, by whom he had two sons, ¶ Alexander Wilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. in Constance, 25 March 1977), married Carina König, having one daughter:
¶ Stephan Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. in Constance, 4 November 1980) | ||
married (5) in London in March 1993 Gabrielle Kick, without issue | ||
married (6) in Forbach, France, on 11 September 2004 Christiane Grandmontagne (b. Rabat, Morocco, 17 March 1944), without issue | ||
Karin Cecilie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 9 April 1944 |
married in Mainau, Switzerland, on 31 March 1967 Hans Jörg Baenkler (b. Constance, Switzerland, 24 September 1939), divorcing without issue in 1974 |
Count Lennart's second marriage was on the island of Mainau, Switzerland, on 29 April 1972 to Sonja Anita Maria Haunz (7 May 1944 – 21 October 2008). They had five children:
Name | Birth | Marriage and Children |
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Bettina Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 12 March 1974 |
married civilly in
Mariefred near
Gripsholm Castle, Sweden, on 2 August 2004 and religiously in
Mainau on 29 October 2004 Philipp Haug (b. 1972/1973), and had two children:
¶ Emil Gustaf Haug (b. 19 July 2005) and |
Bjorn Wilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 13 June 1975 |
married in Mainau civilly on 25 April 2009 and religiously on 7 May 2009 Sandra Angerer (b. 1977) |
Catherine Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 11 April 1977 |
married in Mainau civilly on 30 June 2007 and religiously on 7 July 2007 Romuald Ruffing (b. 1967) |
Christian Wolfgang Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 24 May 1979 |
married [whom?] in
Mainau civilly on 22 May 2010, and had one son:
¶ Maximilian Benedikt Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. 10 August 2010) |
Diana Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Mainau, 18 April 1982 |
(1) married in
Mainau on 27 September 2003 Bernd Grawe (b. 1966) and separated in 2007 after having one daughter:
¶ Paulina Marie Grawe (b. 13 February 2004) |
(2) bore one son from an unknown relationship after her separation:
¶ Eric Hagen Lennart Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. 17 August 2010) |
Name | Birth | Death | Marriage and Children |
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Karin Nissvandt |
Stockholm or
Nora, Sweden, 7 July 1911 |
Constance, Switzerland, 9 September 1991 |
Civil marriage at the Prince's Row Register Office,
London, on 20 February 1932; religious wedding in London on 11 March 1932; divorced in 1972 after having four children (1 son and 3 daughters): ¶ Birgitta Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (3/5 May 1933), married 1955 Friedrich Otto Straehl (3 sons, 2 daughters);
¶ Karin Cecilie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (9 April 1944) married 1967 Hans Jörg Baenkler, divorced without issue 1974 |
Sonja Anita Maria Haunz | 7 May 1944 | 21 October 2008 | Married on 29 April 1972 on the island of
Mainau, Switzerland, on 29 April 1972; five children (2 sons, 3 daughters): ¶ Bettina Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (12 March 1974), married 2004 Philipp Haug (1 son, 1 daughter); |
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville ( Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 26 September 1904 - Stockholm, 28 May 1984), a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera [1] [2], sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. ( Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine [3] [4] ( Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville ( Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine. They had four sons:
In September 2008 it also became official that Bernadotte before his marriage had a premarital daughter with actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson later Mrs. Carl G. W. Matthiessen; 1892-1981): [5]
His widow was remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand ( Malmö, Skåne, 1.11.1910 – 7 February 1988), previously married on 23 June 1937 to Irma Rosalie ... ( Hörby, Skåne, 27 May 1896 – Stockholm, 8 September 1971), who in 1970 lived at same address as Countess Estelle Bernadotte.
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville (born in Pleasantville, New York, 26 September 1904; died in Stockholm, 28 May 1984), whose family had founded part of the Johns-Manville Corporation. They had four sons, two of whom died in childhood, and seven grandchildren, all born after Folke's death. The older surviving son is also named Folke (born in Pleasantville in 1931), the younger one, Bertil Oscar (born in Stockholm in 1935).
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In September 2008 it also became official that, before his 1928 marriage, Bernadotte had a daughter with the actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson, 1892-1981): [6]
later adopted by Carl G.W. Matthiessen (1886–1951), who married Lillie Ericson in 1925.
Folke Bernadotte's widow (the former Estelle Manville, 1904–1984) remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand (1 November 1910 to 7 February 1988).
, a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera [7] [2], sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. ( Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine [8] [9] ( Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville ( Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine.
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Count Lennart first married Karin Nissvandt (born in Nora, Sweden or Stockholm, 7 July 1911; died in Constance, Switzerland, 9 September 1991) and religiously in London on 11 March 1932. They divorced in 1972, after having four children:
Name | Birth (& Death) | Marriage and Children |
---|---|---|
Birgitta Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 3 May/5 May 1933 |
married in
Mainau, Switzerland, on 11 June 1955, Friedrich Otto Straehl (b.
Constance, Switzerland, 20 November 1922), and had five children: ¶ Friedrich Lennart Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 10 April 1956), married in Homburg, Switzerland on 28 June 1986 Regula Kleger (b. Chur, 24 August 1960), and had two children:
¶ Andreas Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 16 July 1957), married in Mainau on 14 September 1985 Uschi Hefti (b. Glarus, 7 August 1958), and had two children:
¶ Maria Kristina Straehl (b.
Kreuzlingen, 23 April 1960), married in
Mainau on 24 September 1983 Alexander Haessig (b.
Lucerne, 23 February 1948), without issue |
Maria Lovisa Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 6 November 1935 and died in Constance, Switzerland, 24 May 1988 |
married in
Mainau, Switzerland, 11 September 1956 Rudolf Adolf Kautz (b.
Engen, Germany, 24 August 1930), and had three children:
¶ Henrik Adolf Kautz (b. Constance, Switzerland, 16 July 1957), married in Constance on 29 April 1983 Kerstin Janke (b. Berlin, 4 February 1957), and had two children:
¶ Karin Marie Helene Kautz (b. Constance, 13 October 1958), married in Constance on 28 August 1992 Walther Fritz, and had one daughter:
¶ Madeleine Kautz (b. Constance, 23 August 1961), unmarried and without issue |
Carl Johan (Jan) Gustaf Vilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 9 January 1941 |
married (1) in Toro on 3 May 1965 Gunilla Stampe (b. Toro, 3 September 1941), divorced without issue in 1967 |
married (2) in
Mainau, Switzerland, on 26 June 1967 Anna Skarne (b.
Stockholm, 1 April 1944), divorcing in 1970, by whom he had one daughter: ¶ Sophia Magdalena Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Stockholm, 3 May 1968), unmarried, who has three children with Michael Söderström: | ||
married (3) in
Constance, Switzerland on 23 June 1972 Annegret Thomssen (b.
Bremen, Germany, 15 November 1938), divorcing in 1974 after having one daughter: ¶ Cia-Rosemarie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Constance, 30 September 1972), married Sven Roderburg, having one daughter:
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married (4) in
Diepholz, Germany, on 6 September 1974 Maritta Berg (b.
Diepholz, 7 December 1953), divorcing in 1987, by whom he had two sons, ¶ Alexander Wilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. in Constance, 25 March 1977), married Carina König, having one daughter:
¶ Stephan Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. in Constance, 4 November 1980) | ||
married (5) in London in March 1993 Gabrielle Kick, without issue | ||
married (6) in Forbach, France, on 11 September 2004 Christiane Grandmontagne (b. Rabat, Morocco, 17 March 1944), without issue | ||
Karin Cecilie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Stockholm, 9 April 1944 |
married in Mainau, Switzerland, on 31 March 1967 Hans Jörg Baenkler (b. Constance, Switzerland, 24 September 1939), divorcing without issue in 1974 |
Count Lennart's second marriage was on the island of Mainau, Switzerland, on 29 April 1972 to Sonja Anita Maria Haunz (7 May 1944 – 21 October 2008). They had five children:
Name | Birth | Marriage and Children |
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Bettina Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 12 March 1974 |
married civilly in
Mariefred near
Gripsholm Castle, Sweden, on 2 August 2004 and religiously in
Mainau on 29 October 2004 Philipp Haug (b. 1972/1973), and had two children:
¶ Emil Gustaf Haug (b. 19 July 2005) and |
Bjorn Wilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 13 June 1975 |
married in Mainau civilly on 25 April 2009 and religiously on 7 May 2009 Sandra Angerer (b. 1977) |
Catherine Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 11 April 1977 |
married in Mainau civilly on 30 June 2007 and religiously on 7 July 2007 Romuald Ruffing (b. 1967) |
Christian Wolfgang Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Scherzingen, 24 May 1979 |
married [whom?] in
Mainau civilly on 22 May 2010, and had one son:
¶ Maximilian Benedikt Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. 10 August 2010) |
Diana Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg | born in
Mainau, 18 April 1982 |
(1) married in
Mainau on 27 September 2003 Bernd Grawe (b. 1966) and separated in 2007 after having one daughter:
¶ Paulina Marie Grawe (b. 13 February 2004) |
(2) bore one son from an unknown relationship after her separation:
¶ Eric Hagen Lennart Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. 17 August 2010) |
Name | Birth | Death | Marriage and Children |
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Karin Nissvandt |
Stockholm or
Nora, Sweden, 7 July 1911 |
Constance, Switzerland, 9 September 1991 |
Civil marriage at the Prince's Row Register Office,
London, on 20 February 1932; religious wedding in London on 11 March 1932; divorced in 1972 after having four children (1 son and 3 daughters): ¶ Birgitta Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (3/5 May 1933), married 1955 Friedrich Otto Straehl (3 sons, 2 daughters);
¶ Karin Cecilie Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (9 April 1944) married 1967 Hans Jörg Baenkler, divorced without issue 1974 |
Sonja Anita Maria Haunz | 7 May 1944 | 21 October 2008 | Married on 29 April 1972 on the island of
Mainau, Switzerland, on 29 April 1972; five children (2 sons, 3 daughters): ¶ Bettina Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (12 March 1974), married 2004 Philipp Haug (1 son, 1 daughter); |
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville ( Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 26 September 1904 - Stockholm, 28 May 1984), a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera [1] [2], sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. ( Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine [3] [4] ( Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville ( Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine. They had four sons:
In September 2008 it also became official that Bernadotte before his marriage had a premarital daughter with actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson later Mrs. Carl G. W. Matthiessen; 1892-1981): [5]
His widow was remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand ( Malmö, Skåne, 1.11.1910 – 7 February 1988), previously married on 23 June 1937 to Irma Rosalie ... ( Hörby, Skåne, 27 May 1896 – Stockholm, 8 September 1971), who in 1970 lived at same address as Countess Estelle Bernadotte.
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville (born in Pleasantville, New York, 26 September 1904; died in Stockholm, 28 May 1984), whose family had founded part of the Johns-Manville Corporation. They had four sons, two of whom died in childhood, and seven grandchildren, all born after Folke's death. The older surviving son is also named Folke (born in Pleasantville in 1931), the younger one, Bertil Oscar (born in Stockholm in 1935).
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In September 2008 it also became official that, before his 1928 marriage, Bernadotte had a daughter with the actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson, 1892-1981): [6]
later adopted by Carl G.W. Matthiessen (1886–1951), who married Lillie Ericson in 1925.
Folke Bernadotte's widow (the former Estelle Manville, 1904–1984) remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand (1 November 1910 to 7 February 1988).
, a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera [7] [2], sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. ( Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine [8] [9] ( Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville ( Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine.
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