Prince Lennart, Duke of Smalandia
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Prince Lennart of Sweden, Gustaf Lennart Nicolaus Paul (May 8, 1909 - December 21, 2004), Duke of Smalandia, was the son of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. He was born at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Under the Swedish Act of Succession a prince or princess marrying without the consent of the Sovereign forfeits the right of succession for themselves, their children and their descendants. They give up their titles and assume the family name of Bernadotte. By his marriage on March 11, 1932 he was subsequentially stripped of his title and became Mr. Lennart Bernadotte.
Since 1868, Swedish princes who have lost their succession rights have received noble titles conferred by the reigning Grand Duke or Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, or in one case by the King of Belgium. Thus on ennoblement by the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, on July 2, 1951 he became Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who lost the right to confer noble titles in the new constitution of 1974, does still retain the prerogative to restore royal titles, but has chosen not to do so.
Marriages
- Karin Emma Louise Nissvandt
- Civil: Prince's Row Register Office, London, February 20, 1932
- Religious: London, March 11
- Divorced: 1972
- Sonja Anita Maria Haunz (born May 7, 1944)
- On the Isle of Mainau, April 29, 1972
He concentrated his energy on his estate, the island of Mainau in Lake Constance, Germany, where he died, and on his charitable fund, the "Lennart Bernadotte Stiftung".
See also: Dukes of Swedish Provincesde:Lennart Bernadotte sv:Lennart Bernadotte pl:Lennart Bernadotte