Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadottes original coat of arms as Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo was a version of the city of Pontecorvos coat of arms mixed with Napoleons symbol of the French empire , the Eagle on a thunderbolt.

Image of House Bernadottes original coat of arms according to Wikipedia

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Contoraty to common belief the Royal House of Bernadottes family coat of arms is actually the evolved version from "Prince of Pontecorvo" and not the other elements from Swedens greater coat of arms like Royal House Vasa. However Swedens greater coat of arms (link goes to Wikipeidas excellent article) is also the Kings personal coat of arms. All Royal born members shield also uses House Vasa and other symbols for Sweden as well as their dukedoms shield. This has the effect that Prince Julians coat of arms looks identical to Prince Bertils coat of arms since both got the same dukedom. Princess Madeleines coat of arms is an exeption since she has two dukedoms so her dukedom field uses a divided shield.

Image of Royal House Vasas heart shield according to Wikipedia

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Bernadotte members who lost Royalty titles becouse of they choosed to mary an none Royal wife got some compensation. A branch has also been ennobled into Belgium prince rank (nobility title, not Royal title), called simply Bernadotte, and other branches into Luxembourg count rank, called "Bernadotte af Wisborg".

The King did not give them a Swedish nobilety title since then only one person at time time would have got the title becouse of the Swedish 1809 rule so they used connections to get them foreign noble titles.

I can note that in some versions of Wikipedias images a different coronet type is used. I dont know who is right. The image here the latest altered.

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I can note that in some versions of Wikipedias images a black raven is used instead of the eagle on the thunderbolt. I dont know who is right, maybee a matter of dates or branch?

I therefore show two versions while the image with the raven also has a coronet that I dont know is of the right type.

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When Norway became part of Sweden, Swedens greater coat of arms changed form to add a field for Norway. The heart shield also shifted towards Bernadotte coat of arms as well as the Royal House Vasa coat of arms.

The Royal House Vasas coat of arms in turn are a mix between noble House Vasa and the noble House Eka since Gustav Vasas parents descended from these noble Houses and that coat of arms was created when Gustav Vasa became king.

When Norway became independent, Sweden greater coat of arms changed towards the traditonal four fields that was originaly created by King Karl Knutsson Bonde while still using the combined Vasa and Bernadotte heart shield.

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The Principality of Pontecorvo was a principality in Italy created by Napoleon after he became King of Italy in 1805. It consisted of the Italian commune of Pontecorvo, an enclave of the Papal States from 1463 within the territory of the Kingdom of Naples.

The principality was created by Napoleon for hes Marshal Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte who become the first Prince of Pontecorvo .

The principality was short-lived. In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, the town was ceded back to the Papal States. In 1820, the 'Republic' of Pontecorvo seceded from the Papal States, but Papal rule was restored in March 1821. In 1860, it joined Benevento, the other southern Italian papal enclave, in being united with the new Kingdom of Italy.

When Bernadotte was elected as Swedish crown prince he gave up hes Pontecorvo title but on some terms that was never met. In a Swedish book called "Tronrätt, bördstitel och hustillhörighet" the authors, who are experts, therefore argued that every male line Bernadotte descendants can also use that Italian title even through the title "Prince of Pontecorvo" was later passed over to Lucien Murat.

The Murat family has close ties to Napoleons family and was King of Naples so they uses an other coat of arms. The title "Prince of Pontecorvo" is still used today by the oldest male decendant of House Murat as an honor title.

The Royal House of Bernadotte is the only Royal House that was created during Napoleon era that still rules, even though they rule Sweden and not Pontecorvo or the conquered Norway.

Every Bernadotte that descends from Oskar I:s wife and forward also descends from House Vasa on female lines. Also every queen untill Silvia descends from House Vasa on female lines too so more Vasa on every generation.

Both of the brothers Kron-Kalle (Karl XV) and Oskar II has rumors about 100s of illegitimate childs, it is still unclear exactly what rumors that are true since the Royal Court of Sweden refuses DNA tests.

There are also rumors about other members and bastard childs that are unconfirmed. One could probelby write an entire large book about Bernadotte bastards and and their descendants.

Official books custom made from elites and Royal House point of view like "Kungar och Drottningar i Sverige" tries to rewrite this by mention false DNA tests and tries to pretend that there was only was one or two rumors and that most of them impossible. The Royal House of Bernadotte never does DNA testing. The book "Kungar och Drottningar i Sverige" has information about Swedish Kings and has images of every Swedish kings from Gustav Vasa and forward except no single images of King Oskar II or King Karl XV and the image of King Gustav V is so bad so one does not even see how he looked like! The book also failed to mention that King Gustav VI stopped drinking alcohol because of a direct orders from his wife the year my mothers father was born (1910).

Also there was some case between 2017 or 2018 in several newpapers when a family claimed and showed some "evidence" that they descended from prince Willhelm some generations back but they did not even get a DNA test despite the "evidence". I also know two local Chess players that also decends from House Bernadotte and I think I read the same course as one other at Mälardalen University.

Animation with a picture of me from 2016 and a picture of Swedish King Gustav V. Family legends speak of Gustav VI as as mothers fathers biological father and Oskar II as my fathers mothers mothers biological father. As a direct result of my mothers fathers birth, Gustav VI:s wife ordered him to stop drink alcohol that year and so he did.