Bernadotte

American  

[bur-nuh-dot, ber-na-dawt] / ˈbɜr nəˌdɒt, bɛr naˈdɔt /

noun

1. Count Folke 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat and United Nations mediator; assassinated.

2. Jean Baptiste Jules 1764–1844, French marshal under Napoleon; as Charles XIV, king of Sweden and Norway 1818–44.

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Bernadotte British  

noun

1. Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists

2. Jean Baptiste Jules (ʒɑ̃ batist ʒyl). 1764–1844, French marshal under Napoleon; king of Norway and Sweden (1818–44) as Charles XIV

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Example Sentences

Crown Princess Victoria is the first heir in the Bernadotte dynasty to marry a Swede.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

The dynasty was founded more than 200 years ago by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, a French marshal who was invited to become king of Sweden and was coronated in 1818 as Karl XIV Johan.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Or: "On 11 October, Bernadotte halted short of Munich in a cloud of alarmist reports."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bernadotte served for a time as the Governor of captured Hanover in Germany and buttered up influential Swedish officers taken prisoner during Napoleon's campaigns in the North.

From Time Magazine Archive

The original idea of that Symphony is said to have been suggested by General Bernadotte, who was then French ambassador at Vienna, and had a high esteem for our Beethoven.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton