death_date birth_date reign father house death_place spouse image name predecessor succession birth_place issue type successor mother religion burial_place article_title
08 july 1859 04 july 1799 8 march 1844 -- 8 july 1859 charles xiv john of sweden house of bernadotte stockholm , sweden josephine of leuchtenberg erik king of sweden and norway 1844-1859 - google art project.jpg -lrb- wahlberg -rrb- wahlbergson - oscar i , oscar i charles xiv & iii john king of sweden and norway paris , france charles uppland oscar ii of sweden princess eugenie prince august , xv duke of dalarna of sweden prince gustaf , duke of yes charles xv & iv désirée clary church of sweden '' prev '' roman catholicism riddarholm church oscar i of sweden

oscar i of sweden

oscar i -lrb- born joseph françois oscar bernadotte ; 4 july 1799 -- 8 july 1859 -rrb- was king of sweden and norway from 1844 to his death .
when , in august 1810 , his father jean-baptiste bernadotte was elected crown prince of sweden , oscar and his mother moved from paris to stockholm -lrb- june 1811 -rrb- .
oscar 's father was the first ruler of the current house of bernadotte .
oscar 's mother was désirée clary , napoleon bonaparte 's first fiancée .
her sister , julie clary , was married to napoleon 's brother , joseph bonaparte .
désirée chose napoleon to be oscar 's godfather .
