HRH Prince Vilhelm of Sweden

Second son of King Gustaf V of Sweden
Wilhelm Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg


Date & place of birth June 17, 1884 Tullgarn Palace, Trosa near Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden
Names Carl Vilhelm Ludwig

Father King Gustaf V of Sweden (then Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden and Norway)
Mother Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte





Siblings
Second of three children (2 brothers)
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Swede (King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden)
Prince Erik of Sweden





Married May 3, 1908 Tsarskoe Selo, Russia
Spouse Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia





Issue
(1 son)
Prince Lennart of Sweden, Duke of Smaland





Grandchildren (8)
(2 grandsons, 6 granddaughter)
Birgitta Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg
Marie-Louise Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg
Carl-Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
Cecilia Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg
Bettina Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg*
Bjorn Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg*
Catharina Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg*
Diana Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg*

From son’s second marriage*





Died June 5, 1965 Stenhammer Castle, Fiholmen, near Stockholm (age 80)
Place of burial Riddarholm Church, Stockholm





Titles
HRH Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Sodermanland
Wilhelm Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg

*Married without consent, lost style and title





Paternal grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophie of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway)
Duke Willem of Nassau
Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg





Maternal grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden
Princess Luise of Prussia

Maternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
Princess Sofia of Sweden
Wilhelm I, German Emperor
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar