Carl, Prince Bernadotte

Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian Bernadotte (10 January 1911 – 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 on July 6, 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 divorced Elsa in 1951. He married secondly to Ann Margareta Larsson (b. Danderyd March 22, 1921, d. 1975) at Danderyd, Sweden November 1, 1954. They divorced in 1961. His third and final marriage was at Rabat, Morocco, June 8, 1978 to Kristine Rivelsrud (b. Eidsfoss, Norway April 22, 1932).

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

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

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1= 1. Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland
2= 2. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
3= 3. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
4= 4. Oscar II of Sweden
5= 5. Sofia of Nassau
6= 6. Frederick VIII of Denmark
7= 7. Lovisa of Sweden
8= 8. Oscar I of Sweden
9= 9. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
10= 10. William, Duke of Nassau
11= 11. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
12= 12. Christian IX of Denmark
13= 13. Louise of Hesse-Kassel
14= 14. Charles XV of Sweden
15= 15. Princess Louise of the Netherlands
16= 16. Charles XIV John of Sweden
17= 17. Désirée Clary
18= 18. Eugène de Beauharnais
19= 19. Princess Augusta of Bavaria
20= 20. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
21= 21. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
22= 22. Prince Paul of Württemberg
23= 23. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen
24= 24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
25= 25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
26= 26. Prince William of Hesse
27= 27. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
28= 28. Oscar I of Sweden (= 8)
29= 29. Josephine of Leuchtenberg (= 9)
30= 30. Prince Frederik of the Netherlands
31= 31. Princess Louise of Prussia