Prince Carl Bernadotte

Carl
Carl
	Prince Bernadotte
	Prince Carl in 1930s
Spouse	Countess Elsa von Rosen; Ann Margareta Larsson; Kristine Rivelsrud
Issue
	Countess Madeleine Bernadotte
Full name
	Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian
Father	Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Mother	Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Born	10 January 1911; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	27 June 2003 (aged 92); Málaga, Spain

For other Swedish royalty named Carl, see Carl of Sweden (disambiguation).

Swedish Royalty
House of Bernadotte

Charles XIV John

Children
Oscar I
Oscar I
Children
Charles XV
Gustaf, Duke of Upland
Oscar II
Princess Eugenie
August, Duke of Dalarna
Charles XV
Children
Lovisa, Queen of Denmark
Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland
Oscar II
Children
Gustaf V
Oscar, Duke of Gotland
Eugén, Duke of Närke
Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Grandchildren
Princess Margaretha
Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway
Astrid, Queen of Belgium
Carl, Duke of Östergötland
Gustaf V
Children
Gustaf VI Adolf
Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
Erik, Duke of Västmanland
Gustaf VI Adolf
Children
Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Sigvard, Duke of Uppland
Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
Bertil, Duke of Halland
Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna
Grandchildren
Princess Margaretha
Princess Birgitta
Princess Désirée
Princess Christina
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf
Children
Crown Princess Victoria
Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Grandchildren
Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (Stockholm, 10 January 1911 – Málaga, 27 June 2003), formerly known as Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest child and only son 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.

Marriage and loss of status [edit]

When Prince Carl married countess Elsa von Rosen (Stockholm, 7 February 1904 – Stockholm, 15 April 1991), daughter of count Eugén von Rosen and wife Eleonore Wijk, on 6 July 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 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, on 1 November 1954. They divorced in 1961, without issue. His third and final marriage was at Rabat, Morocco, on 8 June 1978 to Kristine Rivelsrud (b. Eidsfoss, Norway, 22 April 1932), without issue.

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

Issue [edit]

Daughter [edit]

Countess Madeleine Ingeborg Ella Astrid Elsa Bernadotte (b. Stockholm, 8 October 1938), Mrs Madeleine Kogevinas.^[1] She had one son and three daughters.

The Huseby scandal [edit]

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, 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. 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.