Bernadotte

The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Kingdom of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905 it was also the Royal House of Norway.

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Following the Finnish War in 1809 Sweden suffered the traumatic loss of Finland, which had constituted the eastern half of the Swedish realm. The agony and resentment towards King Gustav IV Adolf precipitated a coup d'?tat and Gustav Adolf's uncle, the childless Charles XIII replaced him. This was merely a temporary solution and in 1810 the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates chose the Marshal of France, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte as heir apparent to the Swedish throne.

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Bernadotte, who was born in the town of Pau, in the province of B?arn, France, had through the tumultuous French Revolution risen to become not only one of Napoleon's generals, but also a Marshal of France and Prince of Ponte Corvo, a town in southern Italy. He was also the brother-in-law of Napoleon's brother, Joseph. As the Crown Prince of Sweden he assumed the name Charles (Karl Johan), acted officially as regent for the remainder of Charles XIII's reign and secured a forced union between Sweden and Norway in the1814 Campaign_against_Norway. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte reigned as King Charles XIV of Sweden and Carl III Johan of Norway from February 5, 1818 until his death on March 8, 1844.

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The coat of arms of the House of Bernadotte combines the coat of arms of the House of Vasa, (left, with the hint of a French-like tricolour in the background) and the coat of arms of Bernadotte as the Prince of Ponte Corvo (right). It is visible as an inescutcheon in the Greater Coats of Arms of the Realm.

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Royal House: The term Royal House refers to the official designation and name of a royal family instead of surname....

Kingdom of Sweden: REDIRECT Sweden...

1818: 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday....

Bernadotte related Images and Photos (experimental)

Men Lifting Count Folke Bernadotte's Coffin from the Plane

Portrait of Marshal Charles Jean Bernadotte (1763-1844) 1805

Portrait of Charles Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763-1844) after a Painting by Francois Joseph Kinson