Wednesday 16 January 2013

HRH Prince Sigvard of Sweden

Second son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
His Excellency Count of Wisborg


Date & place of birth June 7, 1907 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden
Names Sigvard Oscar Frederik Bernadotte

Father King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden)
Mother Princess Margaret of Connaught and Strathearn (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte





Siblings (4)
Second of five children (three brothers, one sister)
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland
Prince Carl of Sweden (Carl Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg)





Married March 8, 1934 Caxton House, London
Spouse Erik Patzek
Divorced 1943

Married October 26, 1943 Copenhagen
Spouse Sonja Robbert
Divorced June 6, 1961

Married July 30, 1961 Stockholm
Spouse Marianne Lindberg





Issue
(1 son)
Michael Berndotte , Count of Wisborg

*Child from second marriage





Died February 4, 2002 Stockholm (age 94)
Place of burial ????





Titles
HRH Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland
HE Count of Wisborg

*Lost his title and place in the line of succession after marrying without consent
*Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg granted Sigvard the title Count of Wisborg on July 2, 1951





Paternal grandparents
King Gustaf V of Sweden
Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophia of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden
Princess Luise of Prussia





Maternal grandparents
Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau

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