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A Bernadotte Bibliography.

A Bernadotte Bibliography:

From The Bernadotte Series Forum:

Wencker, Friedrich. Bernadotte: A Biography. 1936. 316 p. :

https://books.google.com/books?id=QFMeAAAAMAAJ

Schmelter, Sandra. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - Karl XIV. Johan Ein französischer Bürger und Soldat wird schwedischer König. 2010. : https://www.grin.com/document/177349

Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket, 1853-1937. The Amazing Career Of Bernadotte 1763 To 1844. 1929. 492 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=xM4s4rfYhEEC

Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket, 1853-1937. Bernadotte: The First Phase, 1763-1799. 1914. 532 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=hf1oAAAAMAAJ https://archive.org/details/bernadottefirstp00bart

Saurau, Franz Joseph von, 1760-1832. Bernadotte's Friedens- und Kriegsgeschichte. 1799. 26 p. : http://digital.slub-dresden.de/id360637604

A faithful account of the riot in Vienna, 13th April 1798, occasioned by the French Ambassador's [General Bernadotte] hoisting in that City the National Flag of France. By an Eye-Witness. Translated from the German. 1798. : http://books.google.com/books?vid=BL:A0018301121

German text: https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/resolve/display/bsb10008762.html

Casati de Casatis, C. Charles (1833-1919). Le général Bernadotte, ambassadeur à Vienne et ministre de la guerre sous le directoire.... 1899. 16 p. Extrait des "Actes du Congrès d'histoire diplomatique de La Haye". Septembre 1898. : Also, see: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105691636?rk=21459;2

Møller, J. Biografisk Skildring af Marschal J. Bernadotte, Prinds af Ponte Corvo og udkaaret Kronprinds af Sverrig. 1810. 24 p. : http://www5.kb.dk/e-mat/dod/114128019288_color.pdf

Lindh, Hazel Fredericka Charlotte. The Election of Bernadotte: As Prince Royal of Sweden, 1810. 1918. 274 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=0fRGAQAAMAAJ

Coquelle, Pierre, 1858-1 Napoléon et la Suède (L'élection de Bernadotte) : D'après les documents inédits des archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères et des Archives nationales ... 1907. 32 p. : http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101074253871

Daumont, Alexandre. Voyage en Suède contenant des notions étendues sur le commerce ... avec des détails sur le gouvernement du roi Charles XIV Jean (Bernadotte), et sur les causes qui amenèrent son élévation au trône de Suède. 2 vols. 1834: Gale on-line,

Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket, 1853-1937. Bernadotte and Napoleon, 1763-1810. 1921. : https://archive.org/details/cu31924028418527

Blomberg, Anton. Marskalk Bernadotte och hans tid 1763-1810. 2 v. in 1. 1899. : http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89097396840

Rede des französischen Divisions-Generalen Bernadotte an den Rath der Fünfhunderten zu Paris. Welcher 328 Offiziere von der französischen Arme beistimmten. 1809. 3 p. : https://books.google.com/books?vid=BL:A0020676098

Coquelle, Pierre, 1858-1 Napoléon et Bernadotte en 1811 : la mission d'Alquier à Stockholm / d'après les documents inédits des Archives des affaires étrangères, à Paris. 1909. 24 p. :

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5600595n

Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket, 1853-1937. Bernadotte, Prince and King, 1810-1844. 1925. 248 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=xW5pAAAAMAAJ

Haedecke, Richard, 1891-. Bernadotte und die Schlacht bei Dennewitz. 1915. 48 p. : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2619004

Stael, Anne-Louise-Germaine. An appeal to the nations of Europe against the continental system published at Stockholm, by authority of Bernadotte, in March, 1813. 64 p. :

https://archive.org/details/appealtonationso00sta http://books.google.com/books?vid=BL:A0022222694

Duval de Fréjacques, Jules (1853-1907). Napoléon, Bulow et Bernadotte, 1813 (offensives contre Berlin). 1906. 90 p. : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k930995b

Schefer, Christian. Bernadotte, roi (1810-1818-1844). 1899. 321 p. : https://archive.org/details/bernadotteroi00schegoog

Pingaud, Léonce, 1841-1923. Bernadotte, Napoléon et les Bourbons (1797-1844). 19-0. 476 p. : https://archive.org/details/bernadottenapol00pinggoog

Touchard-Lafosse, Georges. Carl XIV.: (Johann Bernadotte), König von Schweden und Norwegen. 2 vols. 2e ed. 1858. :

Vol. 1 (1858): https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_F89AAAAAcAAJ

Vol. 2 (1858): https://archive.org/details/histoiredecharl03chargoog

French ed. 3 vols. 1838:

Vol. 1: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55578631?rk=42918;4

Vol. 2: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5548562m?rk=64378;0

Vol. 3: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5548546h?rk=21459;2

Correspondance de Bernadotte, prince royal de Suède, avec Napoléon, depuis 1810 jusqu'en 1814, précédée de notices sur la situation de la Suède, depuis son élévation au trône des Scandinaves, pièces officielles recueillies et publiées par M. Bail,... 1819. : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61529187

Recueil de lettres, proclamations et discours de Charles XIV Jean, roi de Suède et de Norvège. 2 vols. 1858. 2e ed. :

Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_F89AAAAAcAAJ

Vol. 2: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001253878d

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Charles-XIV-Jean, roi de Suède et de Norvège.

Vol. 1 (1820): https://archive.org/details/mmoirespourser01coup

Vol. 2 (1820): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001254318a

Sørensen, Carl Theodor, 1824-1914. Bernadotte i Norden; eller, Norges adskillelse fra Danmark og forening med Sverig. 3 vols. :

Vol. 1 (1903): https://archive.org/details/bernadotteinord02srgoog

Vol. 2 (1903): https://archive.org/details/bernadotteinord00srgoog

Vol. 3:(1904): https://archive.org/details/bernadotteinord01srgoog

Alm, Mikael; Johansson, Brittinger. Script of Kingship:Essays on Bernadotte and Dynastic Formation in an Age of Revolution. 2008. The English Historical Review, Volume CXXV, Issue 512, February 2010, Pages 205–208: https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cep394 http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:45551/FULLTEXT01.pdf

LES AMIS DE BERNADOTTE: A very useful site:

https://les-amis-de-bernadotte.blogspot.com/2007/11/

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Agathon v. Bahr

Jun 14, 2020

A nice discussion of titles in a Bernadotte bibliography:

Jean-Marc Olivier. Bernadotte Revisited, or the Complexity of a Long Reign (1810-1844). In Nordic Historical Review, n° 2, October 2006, p. 127-138. :

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280782308

Hans - Karl Weiß

Jun 15, 2020

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thanks very interesting hopefully there will be some published works from the archives in the Bernadotte collection.

Kevin F. Kiley

Jun 14, 2020

There are two great stories I have read on Bernadotte after he had turned on France were (1) during the siege of Antwerp in 1814 when Bernadotte sent an aide-de-camp under a flag of truce in an attempt to cajole Carnot into surrendering the fortress. Carnot's blunt refusal 'addressed Bernadotte as 'a prince, born a Frenchman, who knows so much about the standards of honorable conduct''; and (2) an old soldier's 'yarn' that had Bernadotte 'demanding a parley' with the commander of a fortress in Germany held by the French. Apparently, so the story goes, a sentry quickly fired at him, and Bernadotte protested at this seeming disrespect of a flag of truce. Bernadotte was told, undoubtedly straight faced, that the sentry was merely attempting to 'apprehend a French deserter.' Too bad the sentry missed.

Kevin F. Kiley

Jun 15, 2020

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'I do not understand the value of insulting stories within the original post. Do you?'

Why insulting? The two 'stories' definitely outline what the French thought of Bernadotte after he joined the allies and it isn't complimentary. Bernadotte's character was definitely flawed, he was not in the top tier of marshals, and he turned on his own countrymen and the troops that he had led.

The 'value' is that they shed a light on Bernadotte the man who doesn't, in my opinion, deserve admiration despite Titeaux's efforts to the contrary.

As Crown Prince of Sweden in 1813-1814 he conducted himself for all intents and purposes, merely as an ADC to Alexander.

Agathon v. Bahr

Jun 15, 2020

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He did not "join the allies". He became one when he became Crown Prince of Sweden. This was what Napoleon wanted.

He had not "turned on his own countrymen" he was Swedish. Napoleon had released him from his French citizenship in order to get him to take the title of Crown Prince of Sweden. He was not a traitor to France, even Napoleon stated that. Members have contacted me showing many places where this has been pointed out, and supported, to you on a number of occasions and in a number of places.

It would appear that Alexander had a pretty good ADC! A little French humor, on my part.

It is said that "A lie told enough times becomes the truth." QED.

Rob Wolters

Jun 15, 2020

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I think he meant: 'inserting', rather than 'insulting'.

Alfred Brans

Jun 14, 2020

A german book published 1814: Karl Johann, Kronprinz von Schweden. Eine Skizze seiner Denkwürdigkeiten mit Hinsicht auf Schwedens Thronveränderung und neueste politische Verhältnisse. Berlin 1814.

Steven H. Smith

Jul 10, 2020

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Thank you Alfred:

Karl Johann, Kronprinz von Schweden: eine Skizze seiner Denkwürdigkeiten mit Hinsicht auf Schwedens Thronveränderung und neueste politische Verhältnisse. 1814. 126 p. :

https://books.google.com/books/about/Karl_Johann_Kronprinz_von_Schweden.html?id=a59OAAAAcAAJ

https://books.google.com/books?id=BStRAAAAcAAJ

https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV001568888

Roy Everson

Feb 17, 2020

That's certainly a well appreciated compilation! For what it's worth here's my linkless list of Bernadotte bios in English

MEMOIRS AND CAMPAIGNS OF CHARLES JOHN, PRINCE ROYAL OF SWEDEN, by John Philippart, 1814

MEMORIALS OF CHARLES JOHN, KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY, by William George Meredith, 1829, London

A QUEEN OF NAPOLEON’S COURT: THE LIFE STORY OF DESIREE BERNADOTTE, by Catherine Bearne, E.P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1905

BERNADOTTE: THE FIRST PHASE 1763-1799, by D. Plunket Barton, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1914, New York

BERNADOTTE AND NAPOLEON: SECOND PHASE 1763-1810, by D. Plunket Barton, John Murray, London, 1914. Charles Scribner & Sons, 1914, New York

BERNADOTTE CROWN PRINCE AND KING: THIRD PHASE 1810-1844, by D. Plunket Barton, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1914, New York

THE AMAZING CAREER OF BERNADOTTE, by D. Plunket Barton, 1929

BERNADOTTE AND THE FALL OF NAPOLEON, by Franklin D. Scott, Harvard University Press, 1935, Cambridge Mass.

BERNADOTTE A BIOGRAPHY, by Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg, Jarrolds, London, 1936

BELLE JAMBE: THE LIFE OF MARSHAL BERNADOTTE KING OF SWEDEN, by Simon Dewes, Rich and Cowan, London, 1943

BERNADOTTE, Marshal of France and King of Sweden, by Lord Russell of Liverpool, Ascent Books, 1981, London

BERNADOTTE: NAPOLEON’S MARSHAL, SWEDEN’S KING, by Alan Palmer, John Murray Publishers LTD., 1991, London

Hans - Karl Weiß

Feb 15, 2020

a good discussion of some sources about the Prince de Ponte Corvo - or according to Boney the miserable Prince de Ponte Corvo - just a few more -

Bernadotte revisited
discusses several biographies and works and the person

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280782308_Bernadotte_Revisited_or_the_Complexity_of_a_Long_Reign_1810-1844

Also a good article by Robert Ouvrad

14 octobre 1806 – La bataille d’Auerstaedt – L’affaire Bernadotte

https://www.napoleon-histoire.com/14-octobre-1806-bataille-d-auerstaedt-l-affaire-bernadotte/

also in the

Revue Napoléonienne - dirigé de Albert Lumbroso
Avril - Septembre 1903 

Le Maréchal Bernadotte et la Manoeuvre d'Jena
by Titeux

a superb article - a must read indeed about that subject, I cannot find a online link, I got my pdf thanks to my friend and mentor Steve Smith.

also

Les armees europeennes de Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
(1805-1814)
Antoine Desdoit, Jean-Marc Olivier

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00963843

and

another in my view very important bio, for a change in German

by Klaeber
here just the contents

http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/exlibris/aleph/a22_1/apache_media/6AYKISQNY63QIS4DSAS5EE9BDXMP86.pdf

and for zoners

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001858130

Pourquoi le maréchal Bernadotte ne parut ni à
Iena, ni à Auerstädt, ni à Eylau
by L. Picard
in Revue Militaire Suisse - Band 52, Jahr 1907, Heft 5

https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=rms-001:1907:52::365#365

also

Duval : Napoléon, Bulow et Bernadotte - Offensives contre Berlin 1813

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k930995b.image

and

Haedecke - Bernadotte und die Schlacht bei Dennewitz

for zoners

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007898230

Hans - Karl Weiß

Feb 18, 2020

Replying to

@Kevin F. Kiley

yes indeed, worse not to asses them, not to see them in context and then eventually make an evaluation

over and out

Steven H. Smith

Jun 13, 2020

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Titeux, Eugene. "Le Maréchal Bernadotte et la manoeuvre d'Jena (d'après les archives de la Guerre et les papiers du general Dupont)",

Revue Napoleonienne, Nr. 4 (1903), pp. 68–152 :

https://books.google.com/books?id=0m6cMGmA-C0C&pg=PA69

Steven H. Smith

Jun 13, 2020

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Titeux, Eugene. "Le Maréchal Bernadotte et la manoeuvre d'Jena (d'après les archives de la Guerre et les papiers du general Dupont)",

Revue Napoleonienne, Nr. 4 (1903), pp. 68–152 :

https://books.google.com/books?id=0m6cMGmA-C0C&pg=PA69

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