The Swedish connection
Posted by Jane


on 9/5/2026, 4:10:15
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It seems that quite a few European royals, whether by birth or marriage, have Swedish ancestry. Carina Axelsson, who in 2022 was finally able to marry Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittenstein-Berleburg, is half-Swedish through her father. Gustav's kinswoman Anna, who in 2005 married Prince Manuel of Bavaria, was born to a German prince and a Swedish countess. And Manuel's kinsman Max Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria, married in 1967 Countess Elisabeth Douglas, who is also a Swede by birth. I believe that Ingrid Detter, the mother of Lady Nicholas Windsor, is Swedish as well. Are there additional examples of Swedes with ties to royalty, other than the Bernadottes?
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