What is Charles XIV John?
{{Infobox royalty |name = Charles XIV John<br><small>as King of Sweden</small><br>Charles III John<br><small>as King of Norway</small> |image = Charles XIV John as Crown Prince of Sweden - François Gérard.jpg |caption = Charles XIV John (king of Sweden and Norway.) Painting by [[François Gérard]] |succession = [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]] and [[Monarchy of Norway|Norway]] |reign = 5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844 |predecessor = [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Charles XIII/II]] |successor = [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]] |coronation = 11 May 1818 (''Sweden'')<br>7 September 1818 (''Norway'') |full name = |spouse = [[Désirée Clary]] (1798-1844, his death) |issue = [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]] |religion = [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]<br />''prev'' [[Roman Catholic]] |house = [[House of Bernadotte]] |father = [[Henri Bernadotte]] |mother = [[Jeanne de St.]] Vincent |birth_date = {{Birth date|1763|1|26|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]], [[France]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1844|3|8|1763|1|26|df=y}} |death_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |burial_place = [[Riddarholmskyrkan]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden |signature = Autograf, Carl Johan, Nordisk familjebok.png }} '''Charles XIV & III John''', also '''Carl John''', [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: C''arl Johan'' (26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was a Swedish monarch. He was the [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] (as ''Charles XIV John'') and [[List of Norwegian monarchs|King of Norway]] (as ''Charles III John'') from 1818 until his 1844 death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden.html|title=Sweden|publisher=World Statesmen|language=sv|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref> Before he became Swedish royalty, he had also been the Sovereign [[Prince of Pontecorvo]] from 1806 until 1810, but then stopped using that title. == References == {{Reflist}}