Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg - Titles From Birth To Death

Titles From Birth To Death

  • His Royal Highness Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (31 October 1916 – 19 February 1946)
  • His Excellency Carl Johan Bernadotte, (19 February 1946 – 2 July 1951)
  • His Excellency Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, (2 July 1951 – 5 May 2012)

When marrying morganatically on 19 February 1946 he lost his Swedish royal titles, i.e. Prince of Sweden and Duke of Dalarna. He subsequently assumed the surname Bernadotte, the name of the Swedish Royal Family. Bernadotte was created a Count of Wisborg in the Luxembourgian nobility by Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, on 2 July 1951. Counts of Wisborg are considered to be part of the Swedish unintroduced nobility.

He was chairman of Ointroducerad Adels Förening, the association of the unintroduced nobility in Sweden, from 1948 till 1963.

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