Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first...

was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in 1568 and formally deposed 26 January 1569. Eric XIV was the eldest son of Gustav I (1496–1560) and...

Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and...

wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was the brother of Charles IX and Magnus and half-brother of Eric XIV. He was married from October 4, 1562 to Catherine...

King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both of Sweden and of Poland. By his father's will Charles received, by...

Charles XIV John would suffer a stroke on his 81st birthday in 1844, dying little more than a month later. His successor would be his son, Charles's father...

heir on 5 February 1818, and Bernadotte succeeded him as King Charles XIV John. Charles was the 872nd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain...

by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740) during the War of the Spanish Succession, c. 1705–1713 Charles III John of Norway (Charles XIV John of Sweden...

Estates in 1815 for the benefit of Crown Prince and Regent Charles XIV John, (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan) also known as Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, and...

Realm between 1831–1844 and was known as the influential favourite of Charles XIV John, King of Sweden. Nils Magnus Brahe was born on 2 September 1790 to...

second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. The only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar inherited the thrones upon the death of his father. Throughout...

belle suédoise ("the beautiful Swede"). During the reign of Charles XIII and Charles XIV John she had a powerful position, being related to the influential...

in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Charles XIV John, the first Bernadotte king of Sweden. It was intended as an escape...

Eidem. Carl Gustaf was baptised in Charles XI's baptismal font, which stood on Gustav III's carpet; he lay in Charles XI's cradle with Oscar II's crown...

Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Charles John was a French general and founder of the House of Bernadotte...

Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was...

erstwhile rival, Jean Victor Moreau, who was in correspondence with Charles John and en route to Sweden in summer 1813. However, the final plan was primarily...

Vase), installed in the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg (a gift from Charles XIV John of Sweden to Nicholas I of Russia). Nearby is the Hykjebergets Nature...

French Jacobines leader, later French marshal, later King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Charles III of Norway and founder of the House of Bernadotte. According...

of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the French-born Charles XIV John, who reigned as king of Norway and Sweden. The palace is the official...

great-granddaughter Victoria of Baden and Gustaf V. Although Charles XIV John was adopted by Charles XIII and the Bernadotte monarchs have since the accession...

Alexander Charles Vasa (Polish: Aleksander Karol Waza; 4 November 1614 – 19 November 1634) was the fifth son of King Sigismund III of Poland and his wife...

(1594–1632) Charles X Gustav (1622–1660) Charles XI (1655–1697) Charles XII (1682–1718) Gustav III (1746–1792) Charles XIII (1748–1818) Charles XIV John (1763–1844)...

following year, he retired to France where he was hospitably treated by Louis XIV. John Casimir's reign was one of the most disastrous in the history of Poland...

history with the death of his uncle King Charles XIII in 1818. In 1810, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (later Charles XIV John), a Marshal of France, was elected...

(Frederick I, Charles XIV John and Oscar I), have descended from her. Frederick I and Oscar I were married to her descendants, Charles XIV John was the adopted...

his army back to Zealand. In 1679, Louis XIV of France dictated the terms of a general pacification, and Charles XI, who is said to have bitterly resented...

against Trondheim. The fortress was decommissioned in 1816 by King Charles XIV John. Trondheim was traditionally protected with fortifications by the river...

that Charles was crowned as Charles XII does not mean that he was the 12th king of Sweden by that name. Swedish kings Erik XIV (1560–1568) and Charles IX...

Holstein-Gottorp would die with the childless King Charles XIII. Bernadotte eventually ascended the throne as Charles XIV John of Sweden and founded the still current...