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Carina Axelsson was born on August 5, 1968, in Northern California, United States, to Bertil and Alicia Axelsson.<ref name="bday">{{cite news |title=12 Fakten über seine baldige Ehefrau Carina Axelsson |url=https://www.gala.de/royals/allgemein/gustav-zu-sayn-wittgenstein-berleburg--12-fakten-ueber-bald-ehefrau-carina-22844720.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |publisher=Gala |date=June 1, 2022 |language=German |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613032527/https://www.gala.de/royals/allgemein/gustav-zu-sayn-wittgenstein-berleburg--12-fakten-ueber-bald-ehefrau-carina-22844720.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has a brother Erik and sister Liselotte.<ref name="bday" /> Her father was an [[electronic engineer]] and was born in Sweden, and her mother is Mexican.<ref name="bday" /> After growing up in [[California]], Axelsson moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion modelling.<ref name="bday" /> |
Carina Axelsson was born on August 5, 1968, in Northern California, United States, to Bertil and Alicia Axelsson.<ref name="bday">{{cite news |title=12 Fakten über seine baldige Ehefrau Carina Axelsson |url=https://www.gala.de/royals/allgemein/gustav-zu-sayn-wittgenstein-berleburg--12-fakten-ueber-bald-ehefrau-carina-22844720.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |publisher=Gala |date=June 1, 2022 |language=German |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613032527/https://www.gala.de/royals/allgemein/gustav-zu-sayn-wittgenstein-berleburg--12-fakten-ueber-bald-ehefrau-carina-22844720.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has a brother Erik and sister Liselotte.<ref name="bday" /> Her father was an [[electronic engineer]] and was born in Sweden, and her mother is Mexican.<ref name="bday" /> After growing up in [[California]], Axelsson moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion modelling.<ref name="bday" /> |
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On June 3, 2022, she married civilly the German-Danish aristocrat [[Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]], thus becoming the Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, after dating for 19 years.<ref name="married - 19 yrs">{{cite news |last1=Burack |first1=Emily |title=Prince Gustav Marries American Author Carina Axelsson |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40208296/prince-gustav-marries-american-author-carina-axelsson/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |publisher=Town & Country |date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617154058/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40208296/prince-gustav-marries-american-author-carina-axelsson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They married religiously the following day in [[Bad Berleburg]]. They live at Schloss Berleburg in Germany with their four dogs. They were unable to marry earlier due to a clause in Gustav's [[Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|grandfather]]'s will preventing him from inheriting family property if he partakes in an unequal marriage (meaning with a [[commoner]]), a marriage with a non-[[Protestantism|protestant]] or one with someone who is [[Non-White|not of]] the [[aryan race]] (meaning not of pure [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] and preferably [[Germans|german]] descent). His wife is a commoner, [[Catholic Church|catholic]] and part [[Mexicans|Mexican]] by birth, thus rendering her incompatible with the terms of the will as stipulated by her husband's grandfather. Nonetheless, she was treated by the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg House as his official partner and accompanied him to family events. |
On June 3, 2022, she married civilly the German-Danish aristocrat [[Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]], thus becoming the Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, after dating for 19 years.<ref name="married - 19 yrs">{{cite news |last1=Burack |first1=Emily |title=Prince Gustav Marries American Author Carina Axelsson |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40208296/prince-gustav-marries-american-author-carina-axelsson/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |publisher=Town & Country |date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617154058/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40208296/prince-gustav-marries-american-author-carina-axelsson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They married religiously the following day in [[Bad Berleburg]]. They live at Schloss Berleburg in Germany with their four dogs. They were unable to marry earlier due to a clause in Gustav's [[Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|grandfather]]'s will preventing him from inheriting family property if he partakes in an unequal marriage (meaning with a [[commoner]]), a marriage with a non-[[Protestantism|protestant]] or one with someone who is [[Non-White|not of]] the [[aryan race]] (meaning [[Racial discrimination|not of pure]] [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] and preferably [[Germans|german]] descent). His wife is a commoner, [[Catholic Church|catholic]] and part [[Mexicans|Mexican]] by birth, thus rendering her incompatible with the terms of the will as stipulated by her husband's [[Nazism and the Wehrmacht|nazi]] and [[Racial nationalism|racist]] grandfather. Nonetheless, she was treated by the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg House as his official partner and accompanied him to family events. |
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Axelsson is godmother to [[Princess Athena of Denmark| Countess Athena of Monpezat]], only daughter of her husband's first cousin [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]].<ref name="bday" /> |
Axelsson is godmother to [[Princess Athena of Denmark| Countess Athena of Monpezat]], only daughter of her husband's first cousin [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]].<ref name="bday" /> |
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