Sigvard Bernadotte
| Sigvard Bernadotte | |||||
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| Count of Wisborg prev. Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland |
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| Born |
7 June 1907 , , Sweden |
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| Died | 4 February 2002 (aged 94) Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Spouse |
Erica Maria Patzek (m. 1934; div. 1943) Sonja Christensen Robbert (m. 1943; div. 1961) Marianne Lindberg (m. 1961) |
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| Issue | Count Michael Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg | ||||
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| House | Bernadotte | ||||
| Father | Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden | ||||
| Mother | Princess Margaret of Connaught | ||||
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| Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte |
Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (7 June 1907 – 4 February 2002) was a Swedish industrial designer and former prince.
He was the second son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Margaret, Duchess of Scania, and was originally known as Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, but lost his royal titles in 1934 when he married a commoner. He was also a paternal uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and a maternal uncle of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
From 1994 to 2002, he was the oldest living great-grandchild of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and having reached the age of 94, he was her longest-lived male descendant until being overtaken by his younger brother Carl Johan on 29 June 2011.
An industrial designer, Bernadotte was known for designing everything from luxurious silver objects for Georg Jensen to everyday-use household items in plastic.
Among his iconic designs were the Red Clara opener; EKA Swede 38 folding knife; the Margrethe bowl; the Bernadotte jug, and the Facit Private typewriter. He also designed glasses frames.
He served as a technical advisor on the 1937 film The Prisoner of Zenda.
Bernadotte was born Prince of Sweden and Duke of Uppland, but having made an unequal match was disqualified from the line of succession. He was also forbidden to use his birth titles and left to be called Mr. Bernadotte. His cousin Lennart Bernadotte, who two years earlier had experienced the same thing (as the first Swede in history), considered himself, and even more so Sigvard, subjected to very cruel treatment for several decades from the Royal Court of Sweden due to their marriages.
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