Charles XIV John of Sweden

Monarch

1763 – 1844

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Who was Charles XIV John of Sweden?

Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Carl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death. Before he became king, he was also the Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, in Southern Italy, between 1806 and 1810.

He was born Jean Bernadotte and subsequently had acquired the full name of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte by the time Carl also was added upon his Swedish adoption in 1810. He did not use Bernadotte in Sweden but founded the royal dynasty there by that name.

French by birth, Bernadotte served a long career in the French Army. He was appointed as a Marshal of France by Napoleon I, though the two had a turbulent relationship. His service to France ended in 1810, when he was elected the heir-presumptive to the Swedish throne because the Swedish royal family was dying out with King Charles XIII. Baron Carl Otto Mörner, a Swedish courtier and obscure member of the Riksdag of the Estates, advocated for the succession.

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Born
Jan 26, 1763
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Also known as
  • Charles XIV of Sweden
  • Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Christianity
  • Church of Sweden
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Swedes
  • French people
Nationality
  • First French Empire
  • Sweden
  • Kingdom of France
Profession
Lived in
  • Aquitaine
Died
Mar 8, 1844
Stockholm
Resting place
Riddarholm Church

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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