Oscar I of Sweden
Monarch
1799 – 1859
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Who was Oscar I of Sweden?
Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm. Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte. Oscar's mother was Désirée Clary, Napoleon Bonaparte's first fiancée. Her sister, Julie Clary, was married to Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte. Désirée chose Napoleon to be Oscar's godfather.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1799
Paris - Parents
- Spouses
- Josephine of Leuchtenberg
(1823 - )
- Josephine of Leuchtenberg
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Church of Sweden
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ethnicity
- Swedes
- French people
- Nationality
- First French Empire
- Sweden
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Jul 8, 1859
Stockholm - Resting place
- Stockholm
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on July 23, 2013
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