Gunnila Märta Louise Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Countess Wachtmeister af Johannishus; 12 May 1923 – 12 September 2016) was a Swedish and Luxembourgish noblewoman.

Early life

The daughter of Count Nils Claes Ludvig

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(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

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. The couple had four children together: *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

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she became the second wife of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, a widower and the youngest son of King

Gustaf VI Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Ado ...

and

Princess Margaret of Connaught Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah; 15 January 1882 – 1 May 1920) was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke ...

. Via her marriage to Bernadotte she became nobility in

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and was addressed there as Princess Bernadotte and Countess of Wisborg due to title granted to her husband by

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Charlotte (Charlotte Adelgonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine; 23 January 1896 – 9 July 1985) reigned as Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 14 January 1919 until her abdication on 12 November 1964. She acceded to the throne on 14 January 1919 fol ...

. In 2010, Bernadotte gifted her with the house in Båstad, built many years earlier for himself and his first wife, Kerstin Wijkmark. He died in 2012.

Ancestry

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernadotte, Gunnila 1923 births 2016 deaths Gunnila Swedish countesses Burials at Kungliga begravningsplatsen