Marriage and Loss of Status
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.
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