Prince Bernadotte
 Arms of Prince Carl Bernadotte in the nobility of Belgium |
 Arms of Princes and Princesses Bernadotte in the nobility of Luxembourg as of 1951 |
Prince Bernadotte was an hereditary title in the nobility of Belgium, conferred upon Carl Bernadotte (the former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland) by Leopold III of Belgium on 6 July 1937. In Sweden, the Belgian princely Bernadotte family was part of the unintroduced nobility and members of Ointroducerad Adels Förening. That title is now extinct, as it was personal to Carl Bernadotte and his wives, but not to his heirs (who were designated to be Counts or Countesses Bernadotte.)
The title has also been considered conferred simultaneously by Monarchs of Luxembourg on the first four original Counts of Wisborg who were named in government documents as Oscar, Sigvard, Carl Johan and Lennart Princes Bernadotte, respectively, when that occurred in 1892 and 1951 and included their wives.[1][2] As their Luxemburg titles, however, the younger three of the four normally went by Count of Wisborg (the title also conferred upon their heirs), rather than their personal title as Prince Bernadotte. Two of their widows survive (2016).
The title was a noble title (i.e. prince as a high rank of nobility), not a royal title.
Literature
- Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening, vol. 20, 2000, A&W International
References
- ↑ Lettres Patentes du Grand Duc Adolphe 1892-04-02
- ↑ Mémorial du Grand Duché de Luxembourg 1951-08-13 p 1135
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