Count of Wisborg

Countship of Wisborg
Coat of arms
Creation date2 April 1892 (1892-04-02)
Created byMonarch of Luxembourg
PeeragePeerage of Sweden

The Count of Wisborg (Swedish: Greve af Wisborg, French: Comte de Wisborg, German: Graf von Wisborg) is a title of nobility granted by the Monarch of Luxembourg to some male-members of the Swedish royal family, including their spouses and descendants. Since 1892, the title has been borne by the male-line descendants of four Princes of Sweden who married without the consent of the King of Sweden, thereby losing their right of succession to the throne for themselves and their descendants, and had their royal titles prohibited.[1]

The four former Princes of Sweden, after use of their titles no longer was allowed, assumed the surname of Bernadotte. In each case they were given the title of nobility Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg by the reigning Grand Duke or Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.[2][3] The latter title (count or countess) was shared with the children of each prince, since subsequent generations in the male line were authorized to bear only the title "Count of Wisborg", Bernadotte being recognized as their surname by birth.[2] In some cases, this titulature has not been adhered to, usage of the style Count [Firstname] Bernadotte af Wisborg having been adopted by some of the descendants.[2]

Their legitimate titles of nobility, however, have not been Swedish but Luxembourgish. In Sweden, none of these title holders were admitted to the Swedish House of Nobility. However, Prince Oscar was admitted in 1945 and his son Carl in 1963 as an honorary member of the Sveriges Ointroducerade Adels Förening (Association of the unintroduced nobility in Sweden), which brings together the bearers of non-Swedish titles living in Sweden.[4]

  1. ^ Bramstång, Gunnar (1990). Tronrätt, bördstitel och hustillhörighet (in Swedish). Lund: Juristförlaget i Lund. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-91-544-2081-0.
  2. ^ a b c Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980). "Addendum: Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America". Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume II Africa & the Middle East. p. 317. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
  3. ^ The Royalty, peerage and aristocracy of the world, Vol 90
  4. ^ Ointroducerad Adels Förening