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Gunnila Märta Louise Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Countess Wachtmeister af Johannishus; 12 May 1923 – 12 September 2016) was a Swedish and Luxembourgish noblewoman.
| Gunnila Bernadotte | |||||
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 Countess Gunnila at the wedding of her grandniece Princess Madeleine in 2013 | |||||
| Born | Countess Gunnila Märta Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus 12 May 1923 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 12 September 2016 (aged 93) Båstad, Sweden | ||||
| Burial | 29 September 2016 Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden | ||||
| Spouse |
Carl-Herman Bussler
(m. 1942; died 1981) | ||||
| Issue | Louise Bussler Catharina Bussler Madeleine Bussler Carl-Fredrik Bussler | ||||
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| Father | Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus | ||||
| Mother | Märta De Geer af Leufsta | ||||
Early life
editThe daughter of Count Nils Claes Ludvig Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1891–1960) and Baroness Märta Ebba Carolina de Geer af Leufsta (1896–1976).
First marriage
editShe was first married in 1942 to Carl-Herman Albert Gerhard Bussler (1918–1981), son of Karl-Gerhard Bussler and Countess Catharina Stenbock. The couple had four children together:[1][2]
- Louise (1943–1986)
- Catharina (1946–1946)
- Madeleine (b. 1948)
- Carl-Fredrik "Fred" (b. 1951)
Second marriage
editFollowing her first husband's death, on 29 September 1988, in Copenhagen she became the second wife of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, a widower and the youngest son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Connaught.[3][4] Via her marriage to Bernadotte she became nobility in Luxembourg and was addressed there as Princess Bernadotte and Countess of Wisborg due to titles granted to her husband by Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.[5]
In 2010, Bernadotte gifted her with the house in Båstad, built many years earlier for himself and his first wife, Kerstin Wijkmark.[6] He died in 2012.[3][7]
Ancestry
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References
edit- ^ "Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit – blev 93 år". Expressen (in Swedish). 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Åsa Bönnelyche (12 September 2016). "Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit". Svensk Damtidning (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ a b Anna Sköld and Agneta Nisbeth (6 May 2012). "Greve Carl Johan Bernadotte har avlidit". Svensk Damtidning (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Hanna Olsson (13 September 2016). "Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ von Rothstein, Niclas, ed. (2009). Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (in Swedish) (22nd ed.). Ointroducerad Adels Förening. p. 22. ISBN 9789163350382.
- ^ Kenny Lindquist (11 June 2010). "Carl Johan Bernadotte skänker sin villa till frun". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Suru-uutinen Ruotsin hovissa – rakastettu kreivitär kuoli" (in Finnish). Finland: MTV. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
editMedia related to Gunnila Bernadotte at Wikimedia Commons