Jo of Palatine
Heir Apparent
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There is other Heir of the Berleburg House?
Of course there is as there is further family.
Let's assume the old prince stated in his will that Richard, his firstborn should be skipped and that his firstborn son should inherit. Then he put down that Nazi-condition saying that in case the firstborn son of Richard should marry the wrong women, then he should loose the inheritance.
If he stated it that way it would mean that the condition about the marriage is not valid for all potential heirs but only for the firstborn son. Or if the wording is that the condition is valid for all potential heirs, then we have to look further. Robin, Richard's brother, is married to a lady of non-noble descent. But he was married to a lady in his first marriage who came AFAIK from a Swedish noble family. Thus the son from this marriage would be heir as long as he is unmarried or married to the right kind of woman. If he marries a commoner, the next in line is to be searched who fullfills the condition.
But once an heir has married the right lady and stayed married to her till his death or did marry more than once but always to a lady fulfilling the condition or did not marry at all - this heir becomes in the moment of his death in the legal sense the owner of the fortune. So if he states in his will that the Berleburg fortune should be inherited by his legal heir, then it's without the condition of the old prince.
Okay, it's complicated. But that's inheritance laws for you.
In case the court case fails and the will is recognized as valid,
Gustav and Carina could live together, even get a son and Gustav could under current German law legitimize this child on adoption. Then this boy would be the next prince of Berleburg. As Gustav wouldn't be married till he died, he in the moment of his death would become the rightful owner of the Berleburg fortune and could leave it without conditions to his son and give some money to Carina as well. But she would always be plain Ms. Axelsson. But I guess if this is important for the Berleburg, queen Margarete or (at a later date) king Frederick would ennoble her just like they did with Alexandra.