Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bernadotte, John Baptiste Julius

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BERNADOTTE, JOHN BAPTISTE JULIUS (1764–1844)

King of Sweden and Norway, as Charles XIV: born of humble parents at Pau in Bearne, 1764: he enlisted in the French army in 1780, and was, when a serjeant, taken prisoner at the siege of Cuddalore in 1783: became General in 1793, served in Napoleon's campaigns: and became, as Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Norway in 1818: died March 8, 1844.