Genealogy of the Royal Family of Sweden1

HRH Prince Wilhelm Duke of Södermanland and his descendants

HRH Prince Wilhelm of SwedenHRH Carl Wilhelm Ludvig Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
* Tullgarn Castle, June 17th, 1884
† Stenhammer Castle, June 5th, 1965

HIH Princess Marija Pavlovna of Sweden née Grand Duchess of RussiaMarried:

Tsarskoe Selo, May 3rd n.s., 1908:
HIH Marija Pavlovna Grand Duchess of Russia ("Marisja")
* St. Petersburg, April 18th n.s., 1890
† Konstanz, December 13th, 1958
(Divorced: March 13th and July 15th, 1914)

Child from this marriage:

  1. HRH Gustaf Lennart Nicolaus Paul Prince of Sweden, Duke of Småland

Count Lennart Bernadotte af WisborgHRH Gustaf Lennart Nicolaus Paul Prince of Sweden, Duke of Småland
(Since March 11th, 1932:) Gustaf Lennart Nicolaus Paul Bernadotte
(Since July 2nd, 1951:) Gustaf Lennart Nicolaus Paul Bernadotte Count af Wisborg
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 8th, 1909
Created Count af Wisborg by HRH Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, July 2nd, 1951

Married:

  1. (without consent) (civil) Prince's Row Register Office, London, February 20th and (religious) London, March 11th, 1932:
    Karin Emma Louise Nissvandt
    * Nora, Län Örebrö, July 7th, 1911
    † Hospital, Eskilstuna, October 9th, 1991
    (Divorced: Konstanz, January 27th, 1972)
  2. Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg and his wife Sonja HaunzStudy, Schloß Mainau, Isle of Mainau, April 29th, 1972:
    Sonja Anita Maria Haunz
    * Litzelstetten, May 7th, 1944

Children from the first marriage:

  1. Birgitta Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg ("Gittan")
  2. Marie-Louise Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg ("Lisen")
  3. Carl-Johan Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte Count af Wisborg ("Jan")
  4. Karin Cecilia Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg ("Cia")
    * Stockholm, April 9th, 1944

    Married:

    (civil) Litzelstetten, March 28th and (religious) Litzelstetten, March 31st, 1967:
    Hansjörg Baenkler
    * Konstanz, September 24th, 1939
    (Divorced: August 30th, 1974)

Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg with his wife Sonja and their children ca. 1985Children from the second marriage:

  1. Bettina Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg
    * Isle of Mainau, March 12th, 1974
  2. Björn Wilhelm Bernadotte Count af Wisborg
    * Isle of Mainau, June 13th, 1975
  3. Catharina Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg
    * Isle of Mainau, April 11th, 1977
  4. Christian Wolfgang Bernadotte Count af Wisborg
    * Isle of Mainau, May 24th, 1979
  5. Countess Diana Bernadotte af WisborgDiana Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg
    * Isle of Mainau, April 18th, 1982

Birgitta Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg ("Gittan")
* Stockholm, May 3rd, 1933

Married:

(civil) Litzelstetten, June 15th and (religious) Isle of Mainau, June 16th, 1955:
Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst Straehl ("Fritz")
* Konstanz, November 20th, 1922

Children from this marriage:

  1. Friedrich Lennart Straehl
    * Kreuzlingen, April 10th, 1956

    Married:

    Homburg, June 28th, 1986:
    Regula Kleger
    * Chur, August 24th, 1960

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Fiona Straehl
      * Frauenfeld, September 8th, 1987
    2. Florian Straehl
      * Frauenfeld, June 23rd, 1989
  2. Andreas Straehl
    * Kreuzlingen, July 16th, 1957

    Married:

    (religious) Isle of Mainau, September 14th, 1985:
    Uschi Hefti
    * Glarus, August 7th, 1958

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Angela Antonia Brigitte Straehl
      * Münsterlingen, December 14th, 1986
    2. Timo Straehl
      * Münsterlingen, August 13th, 1988
  3. Maria Christina Straehl
    * Kreuzlingen, April 23rd, 1960

    Married:

    (civil) Kreuzlingen, September 23rd and (religious) Isle of Mainau, September 24th, 1983:
    Alexander Haessig
    * Lucerne, February 23rd, 1948
    (Divorced: 1985)

  4. Désirée Elisabeth Straehl
    * Kreuzlingen, October 20th, 1961

    Married:

    (civil) Kreuzlingen and (religious) Isle of Mainau, September 24th, 1984:
    Dieter Zepf
    * Konstanz, January 4th, 1960

  5. Stephan Straehl
    * Kreuzlingen, July 13th, 1964

Marie-Louise Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg ("Lisen")
* Stockholm, November 6th, 1935
† Konstanz, May 24th, 1988

Married:

(civil) Litzelstetten, September 10th and (religious) Isle of Mainau, September 11th, 1956:
Rudolf Adolf Kautz
* Engen, August 24th, 1930

Children from this marriage:

  1. Henrik Adolf Kautz
    * Konstanz, July 16th, 1957

    Married:

    Konstanz, April 29th, 1983:
    Kerstin Janke
    * Berlin, February 4th, 1957

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Lennart Rudolph Erhard Kautz
      * Münsterlingen, September 3rd, 1983
    2. Bennet Heinrich Marian Kautz
      * Münsterlingen, July 29th, 1985
  2. Karin Marie Helene Kautz
    * Konstanz, October 13th, 1958

    Married:

    Konstanz, August 28th, 1992:
    Walther Fritz
    * ...

    Child from this marriage:

    1. Astrid Fritz
      * 1999
  3. Madeleine Kautz
    * Konstanz, August 23rd, 1961

Carl-Johan Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte Count af Wisborg ("Jan")
* Stockholm, January 9th, 1941

Married:

  1. Torö, May 3rd, 1965:
    Gunnila Stampe
    * Herrhamra, Torö, September 3rd, 1941
    (Divorced: April 13th, 1967)
  2. Isle of Mainau, June 26th, 1967:
    Anna Skarne
    * Stockholm, April 18th, 1944
    (Divorced: October 30th, 1970)
  3. Konstanz, June 23rd, 1972:
    Annegret Thomssen
    * Bremen, November 15th, 1938
    (Divorced: June 28th, 1974)
  4. Diepholz, September 6th, 1974:
    Marita-Elise Berg
    * Diepholz, December 7th, 1953
    (Divorced: 1987)
  5. 1994 or 1995
    Gabrielle ...
    * ...
    (Divorced: 1997)

The baptism of Maria Lovisa Birgitta BernadotteChild from the second marriage:

  1. Sofia Magdalena Maria Birgitta Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg
    * Danderyd, Stockholm, May 3rd, 1968

    Illegitimate children:

    1. Maria Lovisa Birgitta Bernadotte
      * Danderyd, Stockholm, February 9th, 1997
      (father: Michael Söderström, * Järfälla, Stockholm, April 2nd, 1965)
    2. Carl-Fredrik Bernadotte
      * Danderyd, Stockholm, January 4th, 1998
      (father: Michael Söderström, * Järfälla, Stockholm, April 2nd, 1965)
    3. Lovisa Bernadotte
      * Danderyd, Stockholm, July 11th, 1999
      (father: Michael Söderström, * Järfälla, Stockholm, April 2nd, 1965)

Child from the third marriage:

  1. Cia-Rosemarie Bernadotte Countess af Wisborg
    * Konstanz, September 30th, 1972

Children from the fourth marriage:

  1. Alexander-Wilhelm Bernadotte Count af Wisborg
    * Konstanz, March 25th, 1977
  2. Stefan Albert Bernadotte Count af Wisborg
    * Konstanz, November 4th, 1980

Footnotes:

  1. With special thanks to Hein Bruins, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Erik Lamote, Netty Leistra, Claes Mattsson, Paul Theroff and Robert Warholm.

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Last updated: July 15th, 2002.