Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's marshals, made a spectacular career. Bashny.Net

FACT ... Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's marshals, made a brilliant career, during the years of the French Revolution his way up from an ordinary soldier to the division commander. Wanting to please Napoleon, Swedish Bernadotte chosen as the official successor of King Charles XIII, who had no heirs. In 1818, Jean-Baptiste became king of Sweden under the name Charles XIV Johan, thus founding the current Swedish ruling dynasty. Interestingly, when Bernadotte died and his body was prepared for burial at the hand of the monarch was found tattooed the words "Death to the King!", Which he concealed from his subjects throughout his reign ....)