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Prince Bernadotte

Multinational title of nobility

Summary

Multinational title of nobility

Prince Bernadotte is a title that has been used by several members of the House of Bernadotte. It is most commonly known as a title granted to men who were formerly titled as princes of Sweden before losing their royal titles when they married unequally and against the Swedish constitution (enskild mans dotter [approximately "daughter of a common man"]). It was created in 1892 as a non-hereditary title in the nobility of Luxembourg and conferred upon Oscar Bernadotte by Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. A title with the same name was subsequently created in 1937 as a non-hereditary title in the nobility of Belgium and conferred upon Carl Bernadotte by King Leopold III of Belgium. The wives of these princes of Luxembourgish and Belgian nobility were then granted the title of Princess Bernadotte. The title was also used in the early 19th century with reference to 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 Principality of Pontecorvo by Napoleon I in 1806 and was as such styled Prince Bernadotte, 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. File:Coat of arms of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte.svg|Arms of Bernadotte as Prince of Pontecorvo File:Marechal-Bernadotte.jpg|Marshal Bernadotte in 1805

Belgium

''Prince Bernadotte'' 1937–2014

Carl Bernadotte was born as Prince of Sweden and 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 and was a noble title, that is a prince as a high rank of Belgian nobility, not a royal title. 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.

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"). File:Arms of Prince Carl Bernadotte with coronet.JPG|Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Belgium File:Elsa von Rosen wedding 1937 001.jpg|Prince Carl Bernadotte marries his first wife

Luxembourg

''Prince Bernadotte'', 1892–2025

Oscar Bernadotte renounced his titles as Prince of Sweden and 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. The title became official as one of nobility (not just a courtesy title) 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.

File:Arms of Prince Bernadotte 1951 Luxembourg.jpg|Coat of arms of Prince Bernadotte in the nobility of Luxembourg File:Oscar of Sweden (1859) 1905.jpg|Prince Oscar Bernadotte in 1905

Oscar's grandnephews, Sigvard, Carl Johan and Lennart (who all had been denied use of their Swedish titles after marrying below their station), were also incorporated into the Luxembourgish nobility and herewith created hereditary Counts of Wisborg in 1951. In those government documents however, which refer to Oscar's titles, they and their wives were also styled and recognized as Princes and Princesses Bernadotte, with their own specific arms surmounted by the coronet for that rank. That personal title remained largely out of use for them and is unlisted in Swedish government publications and genealogical handbooks, but is used intermittently in other media and publicity. One of their widows, Marianne Bernadotte, survived until 2025. Her late husband announced to Swedish media in 1983 that his title was Prince Sigvard Bernadotte. That has never been recognized by his nephew, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. According to all six books of memoires by Sigvard, Carl Johan and Lennart Bernadotte, two of their wives and a more recent summary of these matters Crown Prince (later King) Gustaf Adolf of Sweden from the 1930s on had played an integral and abiding part in the removal and denial of their Swedish titles and privileges. His granddaughter Queen 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.

References and notes

References

  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. (1990). "Tronrätt, bördstitel och hustillhörighet".
  3. ''Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender 1941, [Elfte årgången]'', Tage von Gerber, Sveriges ointroducerade adels förening, Malmö 1940
  4. (2015). "Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening". Ointroducerad Adels Förening.
  5. (1905). "Sveriges statskalender".
  6. Roger Lundgren in ''Sibylla en biografi'' [[Bonniers]] Stockholm {{ISBN. 9789100111120 p. 62, specifically naming both the noble titles as created then
  7. (2009). "Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening". Ointroducerad Adels Förening.
  8. [http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/agd/1892/04/02/n1/jo Documentation] by Government of Luxembourg 1892-04-02
  9. [http://data.legilux.public.lu/file/eli-etat-leg-memorial-1951-48-fr-pdf.pdf ''Mémorial''] du Grand Duché de Luxembourg 1951-08-13 p 1135
  10. Decree by Government of Luxembourg 1951-07-02 (copy published [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettres_Patentes_Luxembourg_1951-07-02.jpg here])
  11. (1955). "Sveriges statskalender". [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].
  12. (2001). "Hovkalender". [[Marshal of the Realm (Sweden).
  13. (1951). "Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels". Genealogisches Handbuch der Adeligen Häuser.
  14. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076027/ Listing] at IMDB
  15. [http://www.georgjensen.com/en-us/designers/sigvard-bernadotte Article] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-08-10 by [[Georg Jensen]] (2017))
  16. [http://bernadottefoundation.org/about/history/ Introduction online] of The Bernadotte Foundation for Children's Eyecare (2017)
  17. [https://www.internationalorthoptics.org/services/honours/special-honours/ Article online] by the [[International Orthoptic Association]] (2017)
  18. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/01/12/princess-answers-call-to-help-others/ Article] by Norma Libman in ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' 1992-01-12
  19. [http://www.di.se/artiklar/2000/9/28/sigvard--bernadotte--inviger-omgjort-hotell-birger-jarl/ Article] in ''[[Dagens Industri]]'' 2000-09-28
  20. [http://sahlgrenska.gu.se/forskning/aktuellt/nyhet//framstaende-ogonprofessor-far-pris.cid602107 Article] by Elin Lindström Claessen för the [[Sahlgrenska University Hospital#The academy. Sahlgrenska Academy]] 2006-06-19
  21. [https://www.b.dk/bolig/sigvard-bernadotte Article] in ''[[Berlingske]]'' 2007-11-04
  22. 9781284141733 p. 18
  23. [http://bernadottevannerna.se/ Website] of friendship society
  24. [[Marianne Bernadotte]] in ''Glimtar och scener'' (memoires) {{ISBN. 91-1-863442-7 pp. 179 & 184-185
  25. "Archived copy".
  26. [https://libris.kb.se/bib/8345043 Sigvard Bernadotte's memoires] (in Swedish)
  27. [https://libris.kb.se/bib/8345126 Carl Johan Bernadotte's memoires] (in Swedish)
  28. [https://libris.kb.se/bib/8345071 Lennart Bernadotte's first book] & [https://libris.kb.se/bib/7149428 second book] (both in Swedish)
  29. [https://libris.kb.se/bib/7154464 Marianne Bernadotte's memoires] (in Swedish) & [https://libris.kb.se/bib/8345042 Kerstin Bernadotte's] (in Swedish)
  30. [https://libris.kb.se/bib/dnvr0tgdbmzj9jr6 Summary 2017] (in English) by [[Throne of a Thousand Years. J. T. Demitz]] with documents by Grand Duke [[Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Adolphe of Luxembourg]] (p. 7), Grand Duchess [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Charlotte]] (p. 17-19) & Professor [[:sv:Gunnar Bramstång. Gunnar Bramstång]] (p. 21 in the [https://libris.kb.se/bib/r1j0c662pfr6q63f Swedish version])
  31. {{ISBN. 9789113073583 [[LIBRIS]] # 20719361 p 357
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