Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland
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Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (Stockholm
Stockholm
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, 10 January 1911 – Málaga
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, 27 June 2003), formerly known as Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland
Östergötland
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, was the youngest child of Prince Carl
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland , was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway and Sophia of Nassau.-History:...

 of Sweden
Sweden
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 and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
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. 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.

Marriage and loss of status

When Prince Carl married countess Elsa von Rosen (Stockholm
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, 7 February 1904 – Stockholm
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, 15 April 1991), daughter of count Eugén von Rosen and wife Eleonore Wijk, on 6 July 1937 at Kvillinge, Sweden
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, he had to relinquish his succession rights and his royal titles. His brother-in-law King Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent,...

 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 1921–3 September 1975) at Danderyd, Sweden
Sweden
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, on 1 November 1954. They divorced in 1961, without issue. His third and final marriage was at Rabat
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, Morocco
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, on 8 June 1978 to Kristine Rivelsrud (b. Eidsfoss
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, Norway
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, 22 April 1932), without issue.

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

Daughter

  • Countess Madeleine Ingeborg Ella Astrid Elsa Bernadotte (b. Stockholm
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    , 8 October 1938)

Grandchildren

    • Marie-Christine Margarethe Else Ingeborg Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Brussels
      Brussels
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      , 24 March 1964)
    • Jean Charles Antoine 2e Comte Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Brussels
      Brussels
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      , 6 October 1965)
    • Astrid Marguerite Sophie Marie Thérèse Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (b. Uccle
      Uccle
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      , 17 March 1971)
    • Sophie Pauline Marie Charlotte Comtesse Ullens de Schooten Whattnall (b. Brussels
      Brussels
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      , 27 February 1973)
    • Désirée Stephanie Ursula Kogevinas (b. Uccle
      Uccle
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      , 16 September 1977)

The Huseby scandal

Carl Bernadotte was at the center of the Huseby scandal that occurred in the late 1950s in Sweden amidst a great deal of publicity. Bernadotte had gained the trust of Florence Stephens
Florence Stephens
Florence Elisabet Stephens was a Swedish landholder, the owner of the estate Huseby...

, a wealthy elderly heiress
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 of a large estate
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 near Växjö
Växjö
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 in southern Sweden. A complex set of criminal transactions led to the ruin of Stephens and to bring Bernadotte to court. 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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