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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Royal House - Kingdom of Sweden - 1818 - 1905 - 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'état 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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Finnish War - 1809 - Finland - Swedish realm - Gustav IV Adolf - Coup d'état - Charles XIII - 1810 - Riksdag of the Estates - Marshal of France - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - Throne

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Bernadotte, who was born in the town of Pau, in the province of Béarn, 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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Pau - Béarn - France - French Revolution - Napoleon's - Ponte Corvo - Italy - Joseph - Crown Prince - Regent - 1814 - Campaign_against_Norway - Charles XIV of Sweden - Carl III Johan of Norway - February 5 - 1818 - 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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Coat of arms - House of Vasa - Tricolour - Ponte Corvo - Greater Coats of Arms of the Realm

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