10 Countries That Have a King or a Queen

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4.The Kingdom of Sweden

Ruling monarch: King Carl XVI Gustaf

House: Bernadotte

The House of Bernadotte was founded by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon’s marshals, who was elected heir presumptive and regent to the senile King Charles XIII by the Swedish parliament in 1810. Jean-Baptiste changed his name to Charles John (or Karl Johan, as Swedish would say). The reason his heirs hold the throne of Sweden today is because he betrayed Napoleon in 1813 and joined his enemies.

Countries That Have a King or a Queen The Kingdom of Sweden

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