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Shipping from Europe with tracking number<br>House of Bernadotte<br>Jump to navigation<br>Jump to search<br>House of Bernadotte<br>Arms of Bernadotte<br>Country<br>Sweden<br>,<br>Norway<br>Founded<br>1818<br>; 202 years ago<br>Founder<br>Charles XIV John<br>Current head<br>Carl XVI Gustaf<br>Final ruler<br>Norway:<br>Oscar II<br>Titles<br>King of Sweden<br>"By the Grace of God King of the Swedes,<br>the Goths<br>and<br>the Wends<br>"<br>(used until 1973)<br>King of Norway<br>(1818–1905)<br>"By the Grace of God King of Norway"<br>Estate(s)<br>Sweden, Norway<br>Deposition<br>Norway: 1905<br>Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden<br>The<br>House of Bernadotte<br>[a]<br>is the<br>royal house<br>of<br>Sweden<br>. Founded in 1818, it was also the<br>royal house<br>of<br>Norway<br>between 1818 and 1905. Its founder<br>Charles XIV John of Sweden<br>, was born in<br>Pau<br>in southern France as Jean Bernadotte. Bernadotte, who had been made a<br>brigadier general<br>for his service in the French Royal Army during the<br>French Revolution<br>, was adopted by the elderly King<br>Charles XIII of Sweden<br>, who had no other heir and whose<br>Holstein-Gottorp branch<br>of the<br>House of Oldenburg<br>thus was soon to be extinct on the Swedish throne.<br>Contents<br>1<br>History of the Royal House<br>1.1<br>Bernadotte<br>2<br>French origins<br>3<br>Kings of Sweden<br>4<br>Kings of Norway<br>5<br>Entire royal house<br>6<br>See also<br>7<br>Notes<br>8<br>References<br>9<br>External links<br>History of the Royal House<br>Following the conclusion of<br>Finnish War<br>in 1809, Sweden lost possession of<br>Finland<br>, which had constituted roughly the eastern half of the Swedish realm for centuries. Resentment towards King<br>Gustav IV Adolf<br>precipitated an abrupt<br>coup d'état<br>. Gustav Adolf (and his son<br>Gustav<br>) was deposed and his uncle<br>Charles XIII<br>was elected King in his place. However, Charles XIII was 61 years old and prematurely senile. He was also childless; one child had been stillborn and another died after less than a week. It was apparent almost as soon as Charles XIII ascended the throne that the Swedish branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp would die with him. In 1810 the<br>Riksdag of the Estates<br>, the Swedish parliament, elected a<br>Danish<br>prince, Prince Christian August of Augustenborg, as heir-presumptive to the throne. He took the name<br>Charles August<br>, but died later that same year.<br>At this time, Emperor<br>Napoleon I of France<br>controlled much of continental Europe, and some of his<br>client kingdoms<br>were headed by his brothers. The Riksdag decided to choose a king of whom Napoleon would approve. On 21 August 1810, the Riksdag elected Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a<br>Marshal of France<br>, as<br>heir presumptive<br>to the Swedish throne.<br>Charles John<br>, born Jean Bernadotte, King of Sweden and Norway 1818–1844<br>Portrait by<br>Fredric Westin<br>.<br>The<br>coat of arms<br>of the House of Bernadotte<br>dimidiates<br>the coat of arms of the<br>House of Vasa<br>(<br>heraldic right<br>) and the coat of arms of Bernadotte as<br>Prince of Pontecorvo<br>(<