Gunnila Bernadotte Explained
Gunnila Bernadotte |
Countess of Wisborg |
Full Name: | Gunnila Märta Louise Bernadotte |
Birth Name: | Countess Gunnila Märta Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1923 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Place: | Båstad, Sweden |
Burial Date: | 29 September 2016 |
Burial Place: | Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden |
Father: | Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus |
Mother: | Märta De Geer af Leufsta |
Issue: | Louise Bussler Catharina Bussler Madeleine Bussler Carl-Fredrik Bussler |
Gunnila Märta Louise Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Countess Wachtmeister af Johannishus; 12 May 1923 - 12 September 2016) was a Swedish and Luxembourgish noblewoman.
Early life
The daughter of Count Nils Claes Ludvig Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1891–1960) and Baroness Märta Ebba Carolina de Geer af Leufsta (1896–1976).
First marriage
She 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
Following 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]
Notes and References
- News: Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit – blev 93 år. Expressen. 13 September 2016. Swedish. 13 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914180233/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kungligt/gunnila-bernadotte-har-avlidit--blev-93-ar/. 14 September 2016. live.
- News: Åsa Bönnelyche. Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit. Svensk Damtidning. 12 September 2016. Swedish. 13 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915001053/http://www.svenskdam.se/2016/09/grevinnan-gunnila-bernadotte-har-avlidit/. 15 September 2016. live.
- News: Anna Sköld and Agneta Nisbeth. Greve Carl Johan Bernadotte har avlidit. Svensk Damtidning. 6 May 2012. Swedish. 14 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920130946/http://www.svenskdam.se/2012/05/greve-carl-johan-bernadotte-har-avlidit/. 20 September 2016. live.
- News: Hanna Olsson. Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit. Aftonbladet. 13 September 2016. Swedish. 14 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914162851/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article23514258.ab. 14 September 2016. live.
- Book: von Rothstein. Niclas. Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening. 2009. Ointroducerad Adels Förening. 9789163350382. 22. 22nd. Swedish.
- News: Kenny Lindquist. Carl Johan Bernadotte skänker sin villa till frun. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 11 June 2010. Swedish. 14 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915101529/http://www.hd.se/2010-06-11/carl-johan-bernadotte-skanker-sin-villa-till-frun. 15 September 2016. live.
- News: Suru-uutinen Ruotsin hovissa – rakastettu kreivitär kuoli. MTV. Finland. 13 September 2016. Finnish. 14 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916150340/http://www.mtv.fi/viihde/kuninkaalliset/artikkeli/ruotsin-kreivitar-gunnila-bernadotte-on-kuollut/6070682. 16 September 2016. live.