New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-27
Obituary-Gharles XIV, King of Sweden
and Norway.

| udu9uleF oI T fFtQerlck, PrInc6 OF Orange
and ascended to the throne on the death o
| his father, King Oscar l., on the eighth o
| July, 1888. He was crowned at Stockholm
| Sweden. May 3. and at Drontheim, Norway
| August ,, 1860 His reign Of twelve year;
| has not been disturbed by war, and has
| been mainly devoted to developing the in
| dustrlal anu commercial resources of thc
| consolidated kingdom, and in contracting
! alliances calculated to cement and perpetu.
ate the tenure of his dynasty, of which
he was the third sovereign, being
the grandson of Bernadotte. one o.
Aapaleons Marshals, who was chosen
by the Swedish States General, and adopted
9y the chlIdtess King, Charles MIL, as
Grove Prince in 1910, and succeeded to the
crown on the death Of King Charles in
1918, having in the meantime been the
actual head of the government from the
day Of his arrival at the capitalo The
mother Of the King just deceased was 10.
sephine Eugene, daughter of Eugene
Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, and
cousin TO Louis Napoleon, late Emperor of
F!anceo The only child Of Charles XIV
l5 Princess Louisa Josephine Eugene, mar
rled three years ago to Christian Frederick
Prince Royal and and heir apparent OF
Denmark Queen Wilhelmina died in
1871
For the last twenty-five years there has
been deep and growing sentiment in the
populations Of Norway, Sweden and Den
II rk for the uniticatiOn of the three king
dCms and the consolidation OF the entire
Scandinavian race. To pave the way for
this ult, which would assure the control
OF one OF the most important straits in the
world-the entrance to the Baltic sea-and
would form an important check against any
westward encrOachments of Russia, Charles
cultivated most friendly relations with
France and with Great Britain, hoping,
doubtless. for their aid in the project of
Scandinavian unity; but the unexpected
war between France and Germany doubte
less disarrauged the plans Of the scheming
NOrtl }Tn monarch, and postponed, II not
detea /, his hope Of q united sceptrG Tul-
ing be. sides of the Cattegat strait.
Before the death Of his father, King Oss
car, Prince Charles had been for year and
q half acting as regent during the Kings
illness. One Of his fist acts after his cOgO.
nation was the PRONUNCIATION of a law eso
tablishing religious liberty. By his gener.
oas and liberal initiative, though the estab.
li5hed faith OF the kingdom was Lutheran,
Roman Catholics were authorized to build
churches, found schools and fully to pr0pa.
gate their doctrines. Jews were also al
lowed to establish themselves. acquire propo
erty and worship God according to the
rites of their fathers in any part OF the
ALLY tiCiii LINZ LIS IGlutIP AAiitP SSCdE, LuB
recent King inherited the spirit and aIili.
ties OF the founder S. the Ponts CUgyU dyo
nastyo
jean BaDtfste .JuGes f}ernadoGts was the
son OF q lawyer OF Pau il tile department
Of Lower Pyrenees. and vas educated for the
profession of his father but when sixteen
years Of age he secretly enlisted in the
royal MARINES. and when the revolution of
1889 broke our he had advanced to the gan21
OF sergeant ROyalists generally fled be.
fore the impetuous onset 81 the rising Of
the people, and military ability soon com.
mandad promotion. BcrnadCtte passed
rapidly through each grade OF the eeryice,
and n the :I0tly contested campair9s OF
Iss1-6 vas q General III the operations
againe: the Austlians Intier Arcliuke
Charles. IN i!95 he led :.0.005 frenchmen
INFO Italy to reinforce BOnagarte. when he
Hrst Ik@S the future Emperor Napoleon.
in their iigst interview. took the measure OF
The active and ambitious General, ia whom
h@ discegneG the disposition Cor an indie
pendent career. and hence, /: is said, the
two. from ;le first, though destined so sUs-
tain long and intimate yc.ations, mutually
dis.iked each Othero
&t the conclusion OF the 4yar BccHaSotte
was sent Uy the FYench Directory Us am.
basaa,lor 70 Vienna IL 1928 he married
Malan0iselIe Glerys a younger sister OF the
VIE st Joseph Bonaparteo He was Mine
isteS a: War in 1873, but by trick OF DU.
COS and Seyes. the directors allied to %ap0e
leon. he #as elected iron, the position Just
before BonapaGte's return from Egypt. He
discountenanced the revolution OF eighto
eeath Brnmaire, ani offered 80 prevent it
by :o"cc if authorized by the Directory, but
against Ais wishes 1t was carried out, and
Napoleon becoming First Consul and Tir.
fual Dictator General, Bcgnadottc was
placed in command OF the army sent to
put down insurrecfjon IN ia Eendee, in
which he wa. thoroughly successful, stamp
ing OUc the last spark OF resistance 90 the
existing government. The establishment
OF the empire made BernadottG enc OF the
twelve Marshals Of France, and he was as
signed 10 q command in North Germany,
At AUottr:ii2 he broke through the centre
of the Russian armyo and was created
Prince Of Ponte Coryo in 1906
After tho peace Of TiIsjt. he occupied
Denmark, Sought at Wagram in July. 1909,
from the army in consequence OF a
quar;e! with the Emperor and was sent
into honorable exile as governor OF the Ro.
man States. Just at this time new career
opened for the ambitious SOLDIER Charles
XIII. the Teigning King of Sweden had
no child. He adopted Charles Augnot,
Duke of 4ugu5tenburg, as heir to his
thronee and solicited for him the hand
Of Princess Charlotte, daughter OF Lucien
Bonaparteo Suddenly in Mayo 1910, She
young Prince died. Russia proposed the
claims of the Duke of OIdenburg: Napoleon
desired the adoption of Frederick King of
Denmark, while the old King wished the
to 60 to brother of the Duke of
Augustenburg. The Swedish Ambassador
however, entered into a cabal with Berna-
1otte, and representing to the Diet Of the
States that the interests of the Kingdom rec
rrF1
and humanity and that the choice of his |
Lieutenant and relative would please the |
French Emperor, that body, On the twenty
first of August, l8I0 elected the ron Of $he
5ascon lawyer Crown Prince Of Sweden.
The King was compelled to accept him
rs his son, under the name OF Charles john !
md reluctantly consented to his accept.
ance Of the offered dignity, lie at once re- |
paired to Stockholm his last act in France
being refusal to sign promise never to
wage war with France. Arriving in Swe- |
len, he Immediately adopted the Protestant
'aith il which he had been reared and at
)nce assumed chief control of the govern |
mental affairs of the kingdom, being in |
March, 1911, created Regent during the i'll |
less of the King, and never, in fact, relin- |
gushing the power during the balance OF |
he old Kings life. France invaded SWe- !
len, and in 1912 Bernad0tte concluded an |
alliance with Alexander Of Russia. In 1913 |
Sweden defnitiyely quareled with France,
md helped 10 defeat Napoleon. In 1874 |
refused to take part in the dis |
of France; he rescued Nor |
way from the usurpatiQp Of Denmark, and
II 1918 he succeeded to the crown on tBe
ieath of the old King.
During twenty four years subsequently he
occupied the throne, greatly to the advance
nenT OF his adopted country, dying IN 1911.
His son, Oscar l., who had married grand
laughter of the Empress Josephine, sue i