Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (1916-2012) & Family, News 1: June '08-Mar '17

[Fürstin Taxis]

Thanks! Too bad that the rules were rigid. I mean Margaret had so many sons and none of them became King or stayed royal. But then again we wouldn't have Victoria and Estelle.

 

[LadyFinn]

A person asks at Bukowskis Facebook, when countess Gunnila's diadem is made? Sophia Åkerlund, jewelry specialist at Bukowskis answers:
- Thank you for your question. It is difficult to determine the exact age, but probably the diadem was made between 1910-1930. It has possibly also been revised.
https://www.facebook.com/BukowskisA...857707829534/1503129679702323/?type=3&theater

Close up of the diadem at Bukowskis Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMnvaUegecJ/

Sophia Åkerlund, jewelry specialist at Bukowskis, told to Expressen that the reserve price of countess Gunnila's diadem will be 60 000 - 80 000 SEK. Diadem is not always very easy to sell, but they are seeing an increase in interest.
Gunnila Bernadottes diadem säljs på auktion _ Kungligt _ Expressen

 

[LadyFinn]

Countess Gunnila's tiara/brooch now at the online catalogue of Bukowskis
Provenance
Most likely Märta (Hörke) Wachtmeister af Johannishus, born de Geer af Leufsta (1896-1976) then passed on to her daughter Gunnila Bernadotte af Wisborg, born Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1923 -2016.)
According to information, Märta and her sister Marianne, (married to Carl Bernadotte and re-married to Marcus Wallenberg) both received a tiara at their weddings.
Gunnila Bernadotte married Count Carl-Johan Bernadotte (1916 -2012), the youngest son of King Gustaf VI Adolf.
Countess Bernadotte frequently wore this tiara to royal events, including the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and the wedding of Princess Madeleine .
A tiara_brooch set with old cut diamonds and possibly cultured pearls, with noble provenance. - Bukowskis

 

[Countessmeout]

Um is tha a horrid translation or was the writer confused

It implies Marianne Bernadotte is Gunilla's aunt it says Gunilla inherited the tiara from her mother Marta. This makes sense as we were told it is a piece from her family. But then goes on to say Marta and her sister Marianne recurred tiaras on their marriage. Gunilla and Marianne are sister I laws, not sisters, not Marta and Marianne. And then there is the whole, second paragraph implies Gunilla got her tiara from the royals and not her mother.

 

[GömdNatt]

Um is tha a horrid translation or was the writer confused

It implies Marianne Bernadotte is Gunilla's aunt it says Gunilla inherited the tiara from her mother Marta. This makes sense as we were told it is a piece from her family. But then goes on to say Marta and her sister Marianne recurred tiaras on their marriage. Gunilla and Marianne are sister I laws, not sisters, not Marta and Marianne. And then there is the whole, second paragraph implies Gunilla got her tiara from the royals and not her mother.

Marta and Marianne are sisters. I think you're thinking of a different Marianne Bernadotte, married to Sigvard Bernadotte, and was born in 1924. Marianne de Geer was born in 1893 and is the elder sister of Marta de Geer, born in 1896, who is Gunilla's mother.

 

[LadyFinn]

Um is tha a horrid translation or was the writer confused

It implies Marianne Bernadotte is Gunilla's aunt it says Gunilla inherited the tiara from her mother Marta. This makes sense as we were told it is a piece from her family. But then goes on to say Marta and her sister Marianne recurred tiaras on their marriage. Gunilla and Marianne are sister I laws, not sisters, not Marta and Marianne. And then there is the whole, second paragraph implies Gunilla got her tiara from the royals and not her mother.

It is Gunnila Bernadotte, not Gunilla. Gunilla is more used in Sweden but our countess was Gunnila.

And there is nothing wrong with the text.
It tells about Marianne de Geer af Leufsta (sister of Gunnila's mother Märta), who was married with Carl Bernadotte af Wisborg in 1915-1935, and is the mother of for instance Dagmar von Arbin, whom we see attending at all royal family's events.
After divorcing from Carl Bernadotte, Marianne remarried with businessman Marcus Wallenberg in 1936.

 

[JessRulz]

The moderating team have discussed a few threads in the Swedish forum going forward, and have decided that members of the extended Bernadotte family can be discussed in one thread:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...ws-part-1-march-2017-a-41943.html#post1964981