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DoofusMagnus t1_iqxmzfw wrote

Reply to comment by HappyHighwayman in TIL Jean Bernadotte was born a commoner in France; and died the King of Sweden by thenewcomputer

He actually was elected by the Riksdag of the Estates. Not the same as a modern popular election, but an election. Of course his descendants haven't had to bother with that whole voting nonsense.

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FindTheRemnant t1_iqz2ydx wrote

"In 1810 King Charles XIII of Sweden was childless and the crown prince Charles August had died of a stroke. Baron Mörner was then a lieutenant in the Uppland Regiment. Entirely on his own initiative, Mörner offered the succession to the Swedish crown to Bernadotte. Although the Swedish government, amazed at Mörner's effrontery, placed him under arrest, the candidature of Bernadotte gradually gained favor. "

Stranger than fiction

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