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          Marshal Jean Baptiste Jules de Bernadotte

          Brother-in-law to Joseph Bonaparte, Marshal of France, and Crown Prince of Sweden who led Sweden against France in 1813 and 1814


          By Nathan D.

          Jensen


          Born: January 26, 1763

          Place of Birth: Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

          Died: March 8, 1844

          Place of Death: Stockholm, Sweden

          Arc de Triomphe: BERNADOTTE on the north pillar

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          Beginnings

          Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was the son of a successful tailor whose parents intended for him to become a lawyer.

          Both he and his brother began working in the legal profession, but when his father died suddenly in 1780, Jean-Baptiste decided to enlist as a soldier. By 1788 he had risen to become sergeant major of his company, and the next year his regiment was sent to Marseille.

          While there he was sent to be billeted with a wealthy merchant named François Clary, but he was sent away because he was not an officer.1 As the unrest of the Revolution grew, in 1790 he faced down a