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Charles John, born Jean Bernadotte, King of Sweden and Norway 1818–1844 Portrait by Fredric Westin. The coat of arms of the House of Bernadotte impales the coat of arms of the House of Vasa (heraldic right) and the coat of arms of Bernadotte as Prince of Pontecorvo (heraldic left).
Arms as Sovereign Prince of Ponte-Corvo 1806-1810. Arms as Crown Prince of Sweden 1810-1814 Arms as Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway 1814-1818. Arms as King of Sweden and Norway 1818-1844. Oscar I of Sweden (1799-1859), Duke of Södermanland 1810-1844, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway 1818-1844. King of Sweden and Norway 1844-1859.
Carl's brother-in-law, King Leopold III of the Belgians, conferred upon him the title of Prince Bernadotte in the Belgian nobility on the day of Carl's first marriage with Countess Elsa von Rosen on 6 July 1937. It had its own coat of arms [3] and was a noble title, that is a prince as a high rank of Belgian nobility, not a royal title. [4]
However, Bernadotte never used any stars in the arms of Pontecorvo (neither as Prince of Pontecorvo, nor as King of Sweden and Norway). The stars were introduced as an element in the royal coat of arms in the 19th century, [5] chosen as a symbol of Sweden's eternal existence, as in the poem by Esaias Tegnér:
Bernadotte as Crown Prince, painting by Fredric Westin On 2 November 1810 Bernadotte made his solemn entry into Stockholm, and on 5 November he received the homage of the Riksdag of the Estates, and he was adopted by King Charles XIII under the name of "Charles John" (Karl Johan). [ 38 ]
Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (10 January 1911 – 27 June 2003), originally Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest child and only son of Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark and eventually a prince of the Belgian nobility.
2016. William insisted he’d “be the first person to accept” more responsibilities from the queen. “There’s an order of succession and I’m at the bottom at the moment,” he told the BBC.
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