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Four persons have been created Count Bernadotte af Wisborg in the Luxembourg nobility, all of whom were members of the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, to which the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is closely related. The princes in question had all lost their royal titles due to marriages not tolerated by the Swedish King. The term Royal House refers to the official designation and name of a royal family instead of surname. ...
The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Kingdom of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. ...
Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy whose Head of State is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg (or Grand Duchess of Luxembourg in the exceptional but twice occurred event of the sovereign being female). ...
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ...
The first such person was Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859-1953), formerly Duke of Gotland. He was created Count Bernadotte af Wisborg by Grand Duke Adolphe on February 2, 1892. A possible explanation for the suffix name is that the fortification Visborg (then spelled Wisborg) lies within his former dukedom. Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Oscar Carl August (November 15, 1859 - October 4, 1953), Duke of Gotlandia, was the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. ...
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1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. ...
Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg, Adolph Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (July 24, 1817 â November 17, 1905) was the last Duke of Nassau, and the fourth Grand Duke of Luxembourg. ...
February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
During the 20th century, marriages of this kind were more frequent. On July 2, 1951, no less than three deposed princes were created Count Bernadotte af Wisborg: (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
The agnatic descendants of these four persons are entitled to the title Count Bernadotte af Wisborg. The most well-known of them is Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg, a son of Oscar Bernadotte af Wisborg. Prince Sigvard of Sweden (June 7, 1907 - February 4, 2002), Duke of Uplandia, was the second son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden. ...
1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Uppland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden, which can refer to: Uplandia, or Uppland - a historical Province of Sweden Uppsala County, or Uppsala län - a current County of Sweden Part of Stockholm County, or Stockholms län - a current County of Sweden Part of Västmanland County or Västmanlands...
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...
1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte), styled HM The King (born April 30, 1946), is the reigning Swedish monarch. ...
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg, Duke of Dalecarlia (1916-]), is the son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught. ...
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Dalarna? is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. ...
Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, c. ...
1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Småland? is a historical province (landskap) in southern Sweden. ...
In hereditary monarchies, particularly in more ancient or in more underdeveloped times, seniority was a much used principle of order of succession. ...
Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg (January 2, 1895 - September 17, 1948), is noted for his negotiation for the release of prisoners from the German concentration camps in World War II. He was the son of Oscar Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (formerly Prince Oscar of Sweden) and his wife, née...
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