Prince Bernadotte

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Prince Bernadotte is a title that has been used by several members of the

Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, the subsequent founder of the Swedish royal House of Bernadotte
.


First French Empire

Prince Bernadotte 1806–1810

King

Charles XIV John of Sweden (also King Charles III John of Norway), who had been born in France
as Jean Bernadotte, was made ruler of the
Napoleon I in 1806 and was as such styled Prince Bernadotte,[1] this before he was elected as Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810. Some Swedish experts have asserted that all of his male heirs have had the right to use that title, since the Swedish government never made all of the payments promised to Charles John to get him to give up his position in the Principality of Pontecorvo.[2]

  • Arms of Bernadotte as Prince of Pontecorvo
    Arms of Bernadotte as
    Prince of Pontecorvo
  • Marshal Bernadotte in 1805
    Marshal Bernadotte in 1805

Belgium

Prince Bernadotte 1937–2014

Duke of Östergötland, but he gave up those titles when he married below his station in 1937. Carl's brother-in-law, King Leopold III of the Belgians, conferred upon him the title of Prince Bernadotte in the Belgian nobility on the day of Carl's first marriage with Countess Elsa von Rosen on 6 July 1937. It had its own coat of arms[3] and was a noble title, that is a prince as a high rank of Belgian nobility, not a royal title.[4] The title was personal to him and his wive(s), with the right to a comital title for his male-line descendants. The princely title is now extinct, with the death of Carl's third wife Princess Kristine Bernadotte in 2014. Carl had only one child, Countess Madeleine Bernadotte.[4]

In Sweden, Carl's princely Bernadotte family was considered a part of the

unintroduced nobility
and joined a private club called Ointroducerad Adels Förening ("The Association of the Unintroduced Nobility").

  • Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Belgium
    Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Belgium
  • Prince Carl Bernadotte marries his first wife
    Prince Carl Bernadotte marries his first wife

Luxembourg

Prince Bernadotte, 1892–present

Duke of Gotland when he married below his station in 1888. However, he was allowed by his father, King Oscar II, to keep the courtesy title of Prince and then be styled as Prince Bernadotte.[5] The title became official as one of nobility (not just a courtesy title)[6] when he and his wife were created Prince(ss) Bernadotte (personal title for life) and Count(ess) of Wisborg (hereditary to male-line descendants) in 1892 by his maternal uncle, Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg.[7][8]

  • Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Luxembourg
    Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Luxembourg
  • Prince Oscar Bernadotte in 1905
    Prince Oscar Bernadotte in 1905

Oscar's grandnephews,

Margrethe II of Denmark has commented on this, saying that he probably would have treated his sons better if their royal British mother Crown Princess Margareta had lived longer.[31]

References and notes

  1. ^ William Francis Patrick Napier in History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. V. T. & W. Boone London 1836 p. 592
  2. ^ Bramstång, Gunnar (1990). Tronrätt, bördstitel och hustillhörighet (in Swedish). p. 30. sv:Gunnar Bramstång
  3. ^ Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender 1941, [Elfte årgången], Tage von Gerber, Sveriges ointroducerade adels förening, Malmö 1940
  4. ^
    ISBN 9789163766510
    .
  5. ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1905. p. 2.
  6. ISBN 9789100111120
    p. 62, specifically naming both the noble titles as created then
  7. ^
    ISBN 9789163350382
    .
  8. ^ Documentation by Government of Luxembourg 1892-04-02
  9. ^ Mémorial du Grand Duché de Luxembourg 1951-08-13 p 1135
  10. ^ Decree by Government of Luxembourg 1951-07-02 (copy published here)
  11. ISSN 0347-7223
    .
  12. ISSN 0281-1456
    .
  13. ISSN 0435-2408
    .
  14. ^ Listing at IMDB
  15. ^ Article Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine by Georg Jensen (2017)
  16. ^ Introduction online of The Bernadotte Foundation for Children's Eyecare (2017)
  17. ^ Article online by the International Orthoptic Association (2017)
  18. ^ Article by Norma Libman in Chicago Tribune 1992-01-12
  19. Dagens Industri
    2000-09-28
  20. ^ Article by Elin Lindström Claessen för the Sahlgrenska Academy 2006-06-19
  21. ^ Article in Berlingske 2007-11-04
  22. ISBN 9781284141733
    p. 18
  23. ^ Website of friendship society
  24. ISBN 91-1-863442-7
    pp. 179 & 184-185
  25. ^ Article "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by Scott Ritcher in The Local 2009-12-23
  26. ^ Sigvard Bernadotte's memoires (in Swedish)
  27. ^ Carl Johan Bernadotte's memoires (in Swedish)
  28. ^ Lennart Bernadotte's first book & second book (both in Swedish)
  29. ^ Marianne Bernadotte's memoires (in Swedish) & Kerstin Bernadotte's (in Swedish)
  30. ^ Summary 2017 (in English) by J. T. Demitz with documents by Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg (p. 7), Grand Duchess Charlotte (p. 17-19) & Professor Gunnar Bramstång (p. 21 in the Swedish version)
  31. ISBN 9789113073583 LIBRIS
    # 20719361 p 357
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