Folke Bernadotte was born on 2 January 1895 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was married to Estelle Bernadotte. He died on 17 September 1948 in Jerusalem, Israel.
A few days before his second plan for a political solution was to be presented to the UN., Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday, 17 September, 1948, by members of the armed Jewish Zionist group, Lehi (commonly known as the Stern Gang or Stern Group).
