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12-16-2018, 07:35 AM
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How is Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte viewed by the French?
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Per an interview with Bertil Bernadotte, he is still viewed as a traitor.
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Victoria said at her speech:
Thank you for the beautiful gift. This magnolia plant may still be small. But it holds great significance as a symbol of the shared history of our two countries.
Cut from the tree that King Oscar II planted here 119 years ago, it is a living link between the past, the present and the future.
I look very much forward to bringing this gift home to my daughter, Princess Estelle, and to help her plant it in the garden of our home.
There, at the Haga palace, it will stand to remind her of her family history and of the long-standing friendship between France and Sweden. (...).
I look forward to the day when I will return. I can’t wait to show this beautiful place to our daughter, Princess Estelle, and her younger brother, Prince Oscar.
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It is nice to see that, 200 years later, the link between the royal Bernadottes and their family's place of origin is flourishing. Perhaps the Crown Princess was motivated to study French in honor of her family history.
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In what way are the French Bernadottes related to the Swedish branch?
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I wonder whether Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte himself expected his dynasty to remain on the throne for this long ...
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12-16-2018, 12:20 PM
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In what way are the French Bernadottes related to the Swedish branch?
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I think they are descendants of brothers of Karl XIV Johan Bernadotte.
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12-16-2018, 01:48 PM
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I wonder whether Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte himself expected his dynasty to remain on the throne for this long ...
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte aka Carl XIV John was quiet worried about revolution and he had even done some preparations in cause that him has leave the country quickly. So I guess that he would be quiet surprised that his dynasty is still on throne (altough without any power) and monarchy would be quiet popular.
Another thing is how he would react idea that there would be reigning queen. He lived in France where was quiet strict salic law.
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12-16-2018, 02:53 PM
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12-16-2018, 03:39 PM
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Jean Baptiste Bernadottes portrait shows him as a dashing, handsome Field Marshall.
Very much an action man in my view.
Wow 200 years already! A very interesting time/200 years for the Bernadotte descendants.
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12-17-2018, 01:22 PM
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01-03-2021, 04:06 AM
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The king, queen, Victoria and Daniel in Pau on 8th October 2018. Video by SPA.
The royal family at the re-dedication of the statue of King Karl XIV Johan on Slottsbacken, 16th December 2018. Video by SPA.
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