Charles XIV John III, 1763-1844, King of Sweden and Norway
Biographical notes:
1780 private, Régiment de Royal-Marine; 1788 sergeant; 1792-1808 served in the French Revolutionary Wars; 1792 colonel; 1794 brigadier; 1794 general; 1798 served as ambassador to Vienna; 1799 minister of war; 1800-1802 councillor of state; c 1800 commander of the army in the west; 1803-1815 served in the Napoleonic Wars; 1804 marshal of France; 1804-1805 military and civil governor of the electorate of Hanover; 1805 command of the 1st army corps, Austrain campaign; 1806 command of the occupation of Ansbach; 1806-1810 1st sovereign Prince of Ponte Corvo; 1807 command of the defence against the Netherlands; 1807-1808 governor of the Hanseatic towns; 1810 elected Swedish crown prince; 1810-1818 regent of Sweden; 1818-1844 King of Sweden and Norway.
Title: King of Sweden and Norway
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000016
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- Hubberston, Pembrokeshire (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Cuddalore, Madras (as recorded)
- Faversham, Kent (as recorded)
- Pill, Pembrokeshire (as recorded)
- Barrosa, Spain (as recorded)
- Milford, Pembrokeshire (as recorded)
- Portsmouth, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Jamaica, Central America (as recorded)
- Norway, Europe (as recorded)
- Geneva, Switzerland (as recorded)
