Count of Wisborg

The Luxembourg agnatic title of Count of Wisborg (or Comte de Wisborg, Swedish: greve Wisborg ) was awarded to four former prince of the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte. Even their agnatic descendants bear the Count's dignity.

The title was the first time in 1892 Oscar ( 1859-1953 ), son of King Oscar II, until 1888 Hereditary Prince to Sweden awarded. Prince Oscar was before his discharge from the Royal House Duke of Gotland, Visby on its capital with the castle alludes Wisborg the title.

1951 was followed by three former prince who had renounced in the 1930s and 1940s on their inheritance to marry unebenbürtig can:

  • Sigvard (1907-2002), son of the Swedish king Gustav VI. Adolf,
  • Lennart (1909-2004), grandson of King Gustav V, and
  • Carl -Johan (1916-2012), son of the Swedish king Gustav VI. Adolf.

Among the best known makers of the title is one of Folke Bernadotte, who was shot in 1948 as an agent of the United Nations in Palestine by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi.

The name is always translated in the Swedish Bernadotte as Wisborg, although the noble title "of" is quite common in the Swedish language. In German, also occurs Swedish versions, as for example in the landscape architect Catherine Ruffing Countess Bernadotte af Wisborg.

Visborg Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg Lehi (group)
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