Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
E278868
House of Bernadotte
King of Norway
King of Sweden
Marshal of France
human
military commander
monarch
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was a French marshal under Napoleon who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway, founding the still-reigning Bernadotte dynasty.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernadotte | 10 |
| Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte | 10 |
| Jean Baptiste Bernadotte canonical | 9 |
| Karl Johan | 2 |
| Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2574705 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte Context triple: [Karl XIII of Sweden, adoptiveSon, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte]
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Oscar I of Norway and Sweden
Oscar I of Norway and Sweden was a 19th-century king who ruled the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway and pursued liberal reforms and modernization.
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Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II of Sweden was King of Sweden (and formerly of the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his patronage of culture and science during a period of modernization and political change.
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Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973, known for his scholarly interest in archaeology and for overseeing the transition of Sweden into a more modern constitutional monarchy.
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Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872, known for his liberal reforms and support of Scandinavianism.
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Folke Bernadotte
Folke Bernadotte was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman best known for negotiating the release of thousands of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps during World War II and later serving as the United Nations mediator in Palestine, where he was assassinated in 1948.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte Target entity description: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was a French marshal under Napoleon who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway, founding the still-reigning Bernadotte dynasty.
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A.
Oscar I of Norway and Sweden
Oscar I of Norway and Sweden was a 19th-century king who ruled the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway and pursued liberal reforms and modernization.
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B.
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II of Sweden was King of Sweden (and formerly of the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his patronage of culture and science during a period of modernization and political change.
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C.
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973, known for his scholarly interest in archaeology and for overseeing the transition of Sweden into a more modern constitutional monarchy.
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Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872, known for his liberal reforms and support of Scandinavianism.
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Folke Bernadotte
Folke Bernadotte was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman best known for negotiating the release of thousands of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps during World War II and later serving as the United Nations mediator in Palestine, where he was assassinated in 1948.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte Description of subject: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was a French marshal under Napoleon who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway, founding the still-reigning Bernadotte dynasty.
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