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First marriage and issue

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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:

  • Fiona Regula Straehl (b. Frauenfeld, 8 September 1987)
  • Florian Frederik Straehl (b. Frauenfeld, 23 June 1989)

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
Désirée Elisabeth Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 20 October 1961), married in Mainau on 24 September 1983 Dieter Zepf (b. Constance, 4 January 1960), without issue
Stephan Straehl (b. Kreuzlingen, 13 July 1964), unmarried and 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:

  • Astrid Fritz (b. 1999)

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:

  • Marie Lovisa Brigitte Söderström Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Danderyd, Sweden, 9 February 1997)
  • Carl-Frederik Söderström Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Danderyd, 4 January 1998)
  • Lovisa Söderström Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Danderyd, 11 July 1999)
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:

  • Nele Frederike Roderburg (born in Constance on 11 November 2006)
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:

  • Desirée Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. 4 November 2006)

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

Second marriage and issue

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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
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
Linnea Elin Haug (b. 31 December 2006)

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)

Marriages and children

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Name Birth Death Marriage and Children
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);
Maria Lovisa Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (6 November 1935 to 24 May 1988), married 1956 Rudolf Adolf Kautz (3 sons);
Carl Johan (Jan) Gustaf Vilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (9 January 1941), married:

  1. 1965 Gunilla Stampe, divorced without issue 1967;
  2. 1967 Anna Skarne, divorced 1970 (1 daughter);
  3. 1972 Annegret Thomssen, divorced 1974 (1 daughter);
  4. 1974 Maritta Berg, divorced 1987 (2 sons);
  5. 1993 Gabrielle Kick, (no issue);
  6. 2004 Christiane Grandmontagne;

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);
Bjorn Wilhelm Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (13 June 1975), married 2009 Sandra Angerer;
Catherine Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (11 April 1977), married 2007 Romuald Ruffing;
Christian Wolfgang Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (24 May 1979) married 2010 (1 son);
Diana Grevinnan Bernadotte af Wisborg (18 April 1982), married 2003 Bernd Grawe, separated 2007 (1 daughter); bore a son in 2010

Folke Bernadotte

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Marriage and issue (original)

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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:

  • Gustaf Eduard Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (Stockholm, 20 January 1930 - Stockholm, 2 February 1936)
  • Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 8 February 1931), married at Grangärde on 2 July 1955 Christine Glahns (b. Örebro, 9 January 1932), daughter of Gunnar Glahns and wife Anna Ohstrom, and had four children:
    • Anne Christine Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 22 November 1956), married in Stockholm on 26 May 1989 Per Larsen (b. 19 June 1953), son of Gunnar Larsen and wife Brita Gate, and had two children:
      • Sofia Annick Larsen (b. Stockholm, 21 July 1990)
      • Simon Larsen (b. Lidingö, 19 September 1992)
    • Carl Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 2 December 1958), married in Uppsala on 12 August 2000 Birgitta Elisabeth Larsson (b. Borås, 23 February 1959), daughter of Lennart Larsson and wife Anna Klasson, and had two sons:
      • Carl Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 22 March 1998)
      • William Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 4 February 2002)
    • Maria Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 27 April 1962), married in Uppsala on 14 May 1983 Umberto Ganfini (b. Siena, 11 November 1955), son of Luciano Ganfini and wife Wilma Garofoli, and had two children:
      • Luisa Maria Cristina Ganfini (b. Siena, 17 June 1988)
      • Giulio Fulco Luciano Ganfini (b. Siena, 23 October 1990)
    • Gunnar Fredrik Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 24 November 1963), married in Uppsala on 2 June 1990 Karin Lindsten (b. Uppsala, 15 May 1963), daughter of Klas Lindsten and wife Ruth Stein, and had two children:
      • Folke (Ockie) Klas Vilhem Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 5 August 1996)
      • Astrid Ruth Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 10 February 1999)
  • Fredrik Oscar Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (Stockholm, 10 January 1934 - Stockholm, 30 August 1944)
  • Bertil Oscar Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Stockholm, 6 October 1935), married firstly in Copenhagen on 28 September 1966 Rose-Marie Heering (Copenhagen, 7 June 1942 - Stockholm, 1 November 1967), daughter of Peter Heering and wife Lissen Ibsen, without issue, and married secondly in London on 27 May 1981 Jill Georgina Rhodes-Maddox (b. 2 May 1947), daughter of George Burn Rhodes and wife Dorothy Ethel Maddox (Lincoln), and had three children:
    • Oscar Alexander Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 1 March 1982)
    • Edward Gustav Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 18 April 1983)
    • Astrid Desirée Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 9 February 1987)

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]

  • Jeanne Birgitta Sofia Kristina Matthiessen, née Ericson (4 May 1921 - 17 May 1991)

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.

Folke Bernadotte (table)

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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).

Sons of Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg
Son Born Died Marriage and children
Gustaf Eduard Bernadotte
of Wisborg 		Stockholm,
20 January 1930 		Stockholm,
2 February 1936 		died in childhood
Count Folke Bernadotte
of Wisborg 		Pleasantville, New York,
8 February 1931 		  married at Grangärde, Sweden, on 2 July 1955 Christine Glahns (b. Örebro, 9 January 1932), and had four children (2 sons, 2 daughters):
  • Anne Christine Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 22 November 1956), married in Stockholm on 26 May 1989 Per Larsen (b. 19 June 1953), and had two children (1 son, 1 daughter):
    • Sofia Annick Larsen (Stockholm, 21 July 1990)
    • Simon Larsen (Lidingö, 19 September 1992)
  • Carl Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 2 December 1958), married in Uppsala on 12 August 2000 Birgitta Elisabeth Larsson (b. Borås, 23 February 1959), and had two sons:
    • Carl Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg (22 March 1998)
    • William Bernadotte of Wisborg (4 February 2002)
  • Maria Estelle Bernadotte of Wisborg (27 April 1962), married in Uppsala on 14 May 1983 Umberto Ganfini (b. Siena, Italy, 11 November 1955), and had two children (1 son, 1 daughter):
    • Luisa Maria Cristina Ganfini (Siena, 17 June 1988)
    • Giulio Fulco Luciano Ganfini (Siena, 23 October 1990)
  • Gunnar Fredrik Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 24 November 1963), married in Uppsala on 2 June 1990 Karin Lindsten (b. Uppsala, 15 May 1963) and had two children (1 son, 1 daughter):
    • Folke (Ockie) Klas Vilhem Bernadotte of Wisborg (5 August 1996)
    • Astrid Ruth Estelle Bernadotte af Wisborg (10 February 1999)
Fredrik Oscar Bernadotte
of Wisborg 		Stockholm,
10 January 1934 		Stockholm,
30 August
1944 		died in childhood
Bertil Oscar Bernadotte
of Wisborg 		Stockholm,
6 October 1935 		  married (1) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28 September 1966 Rose-Marie Heering (b. Copenhagen, 7 June 1942; d. Stockholm, 1 November 1967), died without issue
married (2) in London on 27 May 1981 Jill Georgina Rhodes-Maddox (b. 2 May 1947), and had three children (2 sons, 1 daughter):
  • Oscar Alexander Bernadotte of Wisborg (1 March 1982)
  • Edward Gustav Bernadotte of Wisborg (18 April 1983)
  • Astrid Desirée Estelle Bernadotte of Wisborg (9 February 1987)

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]

  • Jeanne Birgitta Sofia Kristina Matthiessen, née Ericson (4 May 1921 to 17 May 1991)

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).

Manville detour

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, 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.

References

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  1. ^ Estelle Ekstrand of Sweden; A leader of the Girl Scouts, obituary. The New York Times. Published June 5, 1984. Retrieved 4/2/07
  2. ^ a b "Estelle Ekstrand of Sweden; A Leader of the Girl Scouts". New York Times. June 5, 1984. Retrieved 2008-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Time Monday, Feb. 16, 1931
  4. ^ Manville genealogy
  5. ^ Folke Bernadotte had an illegitimate daughter, Fokus, Sep 12, 2008
  6. ^ Folke Bernadotte had an illegitimate daughter, Fokus, Sep 12, 2008
  7. ^ Estelle Ekstrand of Sweden; A leader of the Girl Scouts, obituary. The New York Times. Published June 5, 1984. Retrieved 4/2/07
  8. ^ Time Monday, Feb. 16, 1931
  9. ^ Manville genealogy
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