House of Bernadotte

The House of 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 1905. Its founder was born in Pau in southern France as Jean Bernadotte. Bernadotte, who had been made a General of Division and Minister of War for his service in the French Army during the French Revolution, and Marshal of the French Empire and Prince of Ponte Corvo under Napoleon, was adopted by the elderly King Charles XIII of Sweden, who had no other heir and whose Holstein-Gottorp branch of the House of Oldenburg thus was soon to be extinct on the Swedish throne. The current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, is a direct descendant of Charles XIV John.

House of Bernadotte
Arms of Bernadotte
Country
  • France
  • Sweden
  • Norway (former)
Founded1818 (1818)
FounderCharles XIV John
Current headCarl XVI Gustaf
Final rulerNorway: Oscar II
Titles
  • King of Sweden

"By the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends" (used until 1973)

Former titles

  • King of Norway (1818–1905)
"By the Grace of God, King of Norway"
Estate(s)Sweden
DepositionNorway: 1905 Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
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