Wife and Children
In 1928 in Pleasantville, New York, Folke Bernadotte married Estelle Romaine Manville (1904-1984), whose family had founded part of the Johns-Manville Corporation. They had four sons, two of whom died in childhood.
- Gustaf Eduard Bernadotte of Wisborg (1930-1936)
- Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg (born 1931), married Christine Glahns
- Fredrik Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg (1934-1934)
- Count Bertil Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg (born 1935) married Rose-Marie Heering (1942–1967) and Jill Georgina Rhodes-Maddox.
Seven grandchildren were all born after Folke Bernadotte's death. His widow Estelle Bernadotte remarried in 1973.
In September 2008 it became official that before his marriage Bernadotte had a daughter with actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson, 1892–1981):
- Jeanne Birgitta Sofia Kristina Matthiessen, née Ericson (1921-1991), who was adopted by Carl G. W. Matthiessen (1886–1951) when he married Lillie Ericson in 1925.
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