Charles XIV John
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Charles XIV John was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John; before he became royalty i
Bernadotte's birthplace in Pau, France
Bernadotte during the French Revolution
Bust of a young Bernadotte at the Bernadotte Museum in Pau, France
Bernadotte as a Marshal of the Empire; copy of an 1804 portrait by François Kinson
Oscar I of Sweden
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Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte.
Charles XIV John
…Hanseatic Cities from 1807 to 1809, as many Swedish merchants had operated under his auspices. Finally, Bernadotte had no qualms about his own and his son Oscar's conversion to Lutheranism, recalling the conversion of Henry IV for the benefit of France with whom he felt a kinship as both hailed from Pau…
Erik Wahlbergson Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway 1844 1859 Google Art Project
Oscar's parents, King Carl John and Queen Desideria
Oscar Bernadotte a few years before being chosen with his father to be Swedish royalty.
Portrait of Oscar as Crown Prince by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1823