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First marriage and issue
Count Lennart first married Karin Nissvandt (born in Nora, Sweden or Stockholm, 7 July 1911; died in Constance, Switzerland, 9 September 1991) and religiously in London on 11 March 1932. They divorced in 1972, after having four children:

Second marriage and issue
Count Lennart's second marriage was on the island of Mainau, Switzerland, on 29 April 1972 to Sonja Anita Maria Haunz (7 May 1944 – 21 October 2008). They had five children:

Marriage and issue (original)
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville (Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 26 September 1904 - Stockholm, 28 May 1984), a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera, sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. (Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine (Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville (Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine. They had four sons:
 * Gustaf Eduard Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (Stockholm, 20 January 1930 - Stockholm, 2 February 1936)
 * Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 8 February 1931), married at Grangärde on 2 July 1955 Christine Glahns (b. Örebro, 9 January 1932), daughter of Gunnar Glahns and wife Anna Ohstrom, and had four children:
 * Anne Christine Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 22 November 1956), married in Stockholm on 26 May 1989 Per Larsen (b. 19 June 1953), son of Gunnar Larsen and wife Brita Gate, and had two children:
 * Sofia Annick Larsen (b. Stockholm, 21 July 1990)
 * Simon Larsen (b. Lidingö, 19 September 1992)
 * Carl Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 2 December 1958), married in Uppsala on 12 August 2000 Birgitta Elisabeth Larsson (b. Borås, 23 February 1959), daughter of Lennart Larsson and wife Anna Klasson, and had two sons:
 * Carl Folke Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 22 March 1998)
 * William Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 4 February 2002)
 * Maria Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 27 April 1962), married in Uppsala on 14 May 1983 Umberto Ganfini (b. Siena, 11 November 1955), son of Luciano Ganfini and wife Wilma Garofoli, and had two children:
 * Luisa Maria Cristina Ganfini (b. Siena, 17 June 1988)
 * Giulio Fulco Luciano Ganfini (b. Siena, 23 October 1990)
 * Gunnar Fredrik Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 24 November 1963), married in Uppsala on 2 June 1990 Karin Lindsten (b. Uppsala, 15 May 1963), daughter of Klas Lindsten and wife Ruth Stein, and had two children:
 * Folke (Ockie) Klas Vilhem Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 5 August 1996)
 * Astrid Ruth Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Uppsala, 10 February 1999)
 * Fredrik Oscar Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (Stockholm, 10 January 1934 - Stockholm, 30 August 1944)
 * Bertil Oscar Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. Stockholm, 6 October 1935), married firstly in Copenhagen on 28 September 1966 Rose-Marie Heering (Copenhagen, 7 June 1942 - Stockholm, 1 November 1967), daughter of Peter Heering and wife Lissen Ibsen, without issue, and married secondly in London on 27 May 1981 Jill Georgina Rhodes-Maddox (b. 2 May 1947), daughter of George Burn Rhodes and wife Dorothy Ethel Maddox (Lincoln), and had three children:
 * Oscar Alexander Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 1 March 1982)
 * Edward Gustav Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 18 April 1983)
 * Astrid Desirée Estelle Grevinna Bernadotte af Wisborg (b. London, 9 February 1987)

In September 2008 it also became official that Bernadotte before his marriage had a premarital daughter with actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson later Mrs. Carl G. W. Matthiessen; 1892-1981):
 * Jeanne Birgitta Sofia Kristina Matthiessen, née Ericson (4 May 1921 - 17 May 1991)

His widow was remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand (Malmö, Skåne, 1.11.1910 – 7 February 1988), previously married on 23 June 1937 to Irma Rosalie ... (Hörby, Skåne, 27 May 1896 – Stockholm, 8 September 1971), who in 1970 lived at same address as Countess Estelle Bernadotte.

Folke Bernadotte (table)
On 1 December 1928 in New York City, he married Estelle Romaine Manville (born in Pleasantville, New York, 26 September 1904; died in Stockholm, 28 May 1984), whose family had founded part of the Johns-Manville Corporation. They had four sons, two of whom died in childhood, and seven grandchildren, all born after Folke's death. The older surviving son is also named Folke (born in Pleasantville in 1931), the younger one, Bertil Oscar (born in Stockholm in 1935).

In September 2008 it also became official that, before his 1928 marriage, Bernadotte had a daughter with the actress Lillie Ericson-Udde (Lillie Christina Ericson, 1892-1981): later adopted by Carl G.W. Matthiessen (1886–1951), who married Lillie Ericson in 1925.
 * Jeanne Birgitta Sofia Kristina Matthiessen, née Ericson (4 May 1921 to 17 May 1991)

Folke Bernadotte's widow (the former Estelle Manville, 1904–1984) remarried at the Oscarskyrkan church in Stockholm on 3 March 1973 to Karl Erik Sixten Ekstrand (1 November 1910 to 7 February 1988).

Manville detour
, a wealthy American heiress whom he had met in the French Riviera, sister of Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Jr. (1906 - Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, November 1982) and daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward (Asbestos) Manville, Sr. (Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 6 February 1872 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 27 June 1944), Founder of what is now Johns-Manville Corporation that named Manville, New Jersey, and wife (m. New York, New York County, New York, 28 January 1903) Henrietta Estelle Romaine (Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, 26 September 1878 - New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, 16 October 1947), paternal granddaughter of Charles Brayton (Asbestos) Manville (Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, 16 December 1834 - Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, 24 November 1927), Founder of the Manville Covering Company, and wife (m. Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 28 December 1858) Jennie A. Long (c. 1836 -), and maternal granddaughter of Franklin Hall Romaine and wife Julia Evelyn Pine.