Marriages
Bernadotte lost his succession rights to the Swedish throne and renounced his titles in 1946 when he married in New York City, New York on 19 February a woman who was not of equal rank (i.e., not of a sovereign house), Elin Kerstin Margaretha Wijkmark (Stockholm, 4 October 1910 – Båstad, 11 September 1987), daughter of Henning Wijkmark and wife Elin Larsson.
In Copenhagen on 29 September 1988 he married Countess Gunnila Märtha Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus (Stockholm, 12 May 1923), daughter of Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus and wife Baroness Märta de Geer af Leufsta.
Read more about this topic: Count Carl Johan Bernadotte Of Wisborg
Famous quotes containing the word marriages:
“If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Susan Lapinski (20th century)
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—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)