| Title | Princess 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 date | 12 September 2016 (aged 93) |
| Death place | Båstad, Sweden |
| Burial date | 29 September 2016 |
| Burial place | Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden |
| House-type | Noble family |
| Father | Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus |
| Mother | Märta De Geer af Leufsta |
| Spouse | Carl-Herman Bussler (m. 1942; ended 1981) Prince Carl Johan Bernadotte (m. 1988; ended 2012) |
| Issue | Louise Bussler Catharina Bussler Madeleine Bussler Carl-Fredrik Bussler |
| House | Wachtmeister af Johannishus |
Gunnila Märta Louise, Princess Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Countess Gunnila 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]
References
- ^ "Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit – blev 93 år" (in Swedish). Expressen. 13 September 2016. Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Åsa Bönnelyche (12 September 2016). "Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit" (in Swedish). Svensk Damtidning. Archived 15 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Anna Sköld and Agneta Nisbeth (6 May 2012). "Greve Carl Johan Bernadotte har avlidit" (in Swedish). Svensk Damtidning. Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Hanna Olsson (13 September 2016). "Grevinnan Gunnila Bernadotte har avlidit" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (in Swedish). 22nd ed. Ointroducerad Adels Förening. 2009. p. 22. ISBN 9789163350382.
- ^ Kenny Lindquist (11 June 2010). "Carl Johan Bernadotte skänker sin villa till frun" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Archived 15 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Suru-uutinen Ruotsin hovissa – rakastettu kreivitär kuoli" (in Finnish). Finland: MTV. 13 September 2016. Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 September 2016.