12 Facts About Estelle Bernadotte

Estelle Bernadotte married Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish member of a United Nations mediating team.

Estelle Bernadotte was assassinated by the extremist Zionist Stern gang while on duty in Israel in September 1948.

Estelle Bernadotte was the only daughter of American industrialist Hiram Edward Manville and wife Henrietta Estelle Romaine, members of a family that had founded parts of the Johns Manville corporation.

In May 1948, Estelle's husband Folke Bernadotte was appointed the United Nations' mediator in Palestine, the first official mediator in UN history.

Estelle Bernadotte was president of the Swedish Girls' Guide and Scout Association from 1949 to 1957.

Estelle Bernadotte supported the United Nations Children's Fund and international conservation efforts.

On September 17,1958, on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of her husband Folke Estelle Bernadotte, she became the first leader of the Folke Estelle Bernadotte Foundation, a charity that supports children with cerebral palsy.

Estelle Bernadotte was the leader of the Folke Estelle Bernadotte Memorial Fund, a foundation whose mission is to increase understanding among young people at the international level.

Estelle Bernadotte was survived by two sons and her second husband Carl Erik Sixten Ekstrand.

Estelle Bernadotte died in 1984 in Uppsala after long illness following hip surgery.

Estelle Bernadotte's ashes were buried on June 20,1984, in an unmarked section of the memorial field at the Norra begravningsplatsen cemetery in Solna, north of Stockholm.

Estelle and Folke Bernadotte had four sons, two of whom died in childhood.