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=== House of Bernadotte (1818–present) === {{Main|House of Bernadotte}} {{legend|#eef0d5|Bernadotte dynasty}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |+ ! width="5%" |Portrait ! width="14%" |Name ! width="5%" |Arms ! width="24%" |Reign ! width="14%" |Succession ! width="12%" |Marriage(s) ! width="18%" |Life details ! width="3%" |[[Royal cypher|Cypher]] |- |[[File:Nordgren - Portrait de Charles Jean Bernadotte, roi de Suède.jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |[[Charles XIV John|'''Charles XIV''' John]]<br /><small>''Karl XIV Johan''</small> |[[File:Coat of Arms of Charles XIV John.svg|78x78px]] |5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1818|2|5|1844|3|8}})</small> |Elected in 1810 as heir to the childless Charles XIII by the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] and then adopted by Charles XIII{{Efn|Although Charles XIV John was adopted by Charles XIII and the Bernadotte monarchs have since the accession of [[Gustaf VI Adolf]] in 1950 also been the senior genealogical descendants of the Holstein-Gottorp kings,{{sfn|Sundberg|2004|loc=Gustav IV Adolf}} the accession of Charles XIV John marked the first new dynastic line since the accession of Gustav I nearly 300 years prior.{{sfn|Lindqvist|2018|p=12}}}} |[[Désirée Clary]]<br />(1 child) |26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844<br /><small>(aged 81)</small><hr />Originally a French general, then [[Marshal of the Empire]] and [[Prince of Pontecorvo]] (1806–1810).{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=125}} |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Charles XIV of Sweden.svg|35px]] |- |[[File:King Oscar I of Sweden (cropped).jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |'''[[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]]''' |rowspan=2|[[File:Coat of arms of Sweden-Norway 1844 with orders.svg|71x71px]] |8 March 1844 – 8 July 1859<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1844|3|8|1859|7|8}})</small> |Son of Charles XIV John |[[Josephine of Leuchtenberg]]<br />(5 children) |4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859<br /><small>(aged 60)</small><hr />{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=125}} |[[File:Oskar I, monogram.svg|35px]] |- |[[File:Karl XV.jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |'''[[Charles XV]]'''<br /><small>''Karl XV''</small> |8 July 1859 – 18 September 1872<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1859|7|8|1872|9|18}})</small> |Son of Oscar I |[[Louise of the Netherlands]]<br />(2 children) |3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872<br /><small>(aged 46)</small><hr />First monarch of the House of Bernadotte to be born in Sweden.{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=|pp=125–126}} |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Charles XV of Sweden.svg|37px]] |- |[[File:King Oscar II of Sweden.jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |'''[[Oscar II]]''' |[[File:Armoiries du roi Oscar II de Suede 1905.svg|70px]] |18 September 1872 – 8 December 1907<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1872|9|18|1907|12|8}})</small> |Son of Oscar I |[[Sophia of Nassau]]<br />(4 children) |21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907<br /><small>(aged 78)</small><hr />Last Swedish king to also be [[List of Norwegian monarchs|king of Norway]] (until 1905).{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=126}} |[[File:Oskar II, monogram.svg|35px]] |- |[[File:Kung Gustav V 1935.jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |'''[[Gustaf V]]''' |rowspan=2|[[File:Armoiries des Roi de Suède de 1908 à 1982.svg|70px]] |8 December 1907 – 29 October 1950<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1907|12|8|1950|10|29}})</small> |Son of Oscar II |[[Victoria of Baden]]<br />(3 children) |16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950<br /><small>(aged 92)</small><hr />The marriage to Victoria of Baden, a great-granddaughter of [[Gustaf IV Adolf]], genealogically united the House of Bernadotte with the former royal line.{{sfn|Sundberg|2004|loc=Gustav IV Adolf}}{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=126}}{{Sfn|Editors of American Heritage Dictionaries|2005|p=345}} |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Gustaf V of Sweden.svg|35px]] |- |[[File:King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden FVMF.003289 (cropped 2).jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |[[Gustaf VI Adolf|'''Gustaf VI''' Adolf]] |29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1950|10|29|1973|9|15}})</small> |Son of Gustaf V{{Efn|In the female line also great-great-grandson of Gustav IV Adolf through [[Victoria of Baden]], granddaughter of Gustav IV Adolf's daughter [[Princess Sophie of Sweden|Sophie Vilhelmina]].{{sfn|Sundberg|2004|loc=Gustav IV Adolf}}}} |[[Margaret of Connaught]]<br />(5 children)<br />[[Louise Mountbatten]]<br />(1 stillborn child) |11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973<br /><small>(aged 90)</small><hr />{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=126}} |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.svg|35px]] |- |[[File:Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 2017.jpg|100px]] | style="background-color: #eef0d5" |[[Carl XVI Gustaf|'''Carl XVI''' Gustaf]] |[[File:Great coat of arms of Sweden.svg|70px]] |15 September 1973 – present<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1973|9|15}})</small> |Grandson of Gustaf VI Adolf |[[Silvia Sommerlath]]<br />(3 children) |Born 30 April 1946<br /><small>(age {{Age in years|1946|4|30}})</small><hr />The longest reigning monarch in Swedish history{{Sfn|Williamson|1988|p=126}}{{Sfn|Sveriges kungahus|}} |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.svg|35px]] |}
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