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Charles XIV John of Sweden

1763 - 1844

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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 monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John (Norwegian: Karl III Johan); before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. During the Napoleonic Wars, he participated in several battles as a Marshal of France. Born in Pau in the region of southern France known as Béarn, Bernadotte joined the French Royal Army in 1780. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles XIV John of Sweden is the 10th most popular military personnel (up from 17th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from France (up from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Military Personnel.

Charles XIV John, also known as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was the King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844. He was born in Pau, France and served as a Marshal of France under Napoleon. He was elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1810.

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Among military personnels, Charles XIV John of Sweden ranks 10 out of 2,058. Before him are Timur, Charles de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, Karl Dönitz, Bernard Montgomery, and Adolf Eichmann. After him are Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Charles Martel, and Prince Eugene of Savoy.

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Among people born in 1763, Charles XIV John of Sweden ranks 2. Before him is Joséphine de Beauharnais. After him are Józef Poniatowski, Jean Paul, Jacques Charles, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Kobayashi Issa, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, and Augustin Robespierre. Among people deceased in 1844, Charles XIV John of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Smith, and John Dalton. After him are Joseph Bonaparte, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and William Beckford.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles XIV John of Sweden ranks 72 out of 6,770. Before him are Romain Rolland (1866), Charles Perrault (1628), Hector Berlioz (1803), Auguste Rodin (1840), Georges Bizet (1838), and Claude Debussy (1862). After him are Francis I of France (1494), Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Charles X of France (1757), Michel Foucault (1926), Jacques Chirac (1932), and Pope Urban II (1042).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Charles XIV John of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Joan of Arc (1412), and Charles de Gaulle (1890). After him are Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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