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davoutsglasses ha respondido a tu publicación:Reading memoirs and autobiographies from the...

I think this applies to every period in history

Yes, you are right. But, as I said before, the napoleonic era (or rather the period immediatly posterior) caused an editorial boom of memoirs and autobiographies. And most of them, despite the extensive use made by historians, not reliable at all.

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He basically helped the Coalition shits defeat him at Leipzig. He contributed to the downfall of the man who gave him honour and titles which enabled him to become the Swedish Crown Prince

Well, if Napoleon had got things the way he wanted them, Bernadotte wouldn't have become Crown Prince at all. Napoleon really did want him as far away as possible, especially in the beginning he saw Bernadotte as a threat. Later on, not so much, but he still wanted him as far away as possible. But if he could have chosen he would most likely have put someone on the Swedish throne that would agree to stay a French citizen. But it's completely true that Bernadotte, through Napoleon, got into the position where he could catch the attention of the Swedish military, and Mörner (who in the end, as they later said, is the one man Bernadotte owned his crown to). So indirectly, yes, Napoleon enabled him to become the Swedish Crown Prince. And he did give his permission.

And Napoleon did, after all, call Bernadotte ungrateful. 

As for him turning against Napoleon, and advising the coalition generals... I know this can clearly be up for debate, but Napoleon did not give him much choice. Napoleon attacked a neutral country, because they had no other means of economic survival than to trade with England. (One can see parts of it in Berna's letter to Napoleon after Napoleon's attack on Swedish Pomerania) I've talked at great lengths about the situation in Sweden at the time, I won't bother with all of that now (because I'm tired... sorry. But it is somewhere on my blog in the Jean Baptiste Bernadotte tag if someone wants to find it! :) ). And really, one could see it admirable that Bernadotte did not put his own feelings for France before the security and survival of his new subjects. He knew there was no way no one could ever take back Finland from Russia, which everyone tried to convince him that they should. Norway was an easier option, but Denmark was allied with France. The only reason he allied with the coalition was because he needed their support in claiming Norway. Not that they particularly liked him, he yelled at them a lot for marching into France and not respecting the boarders of the revolution. 

But yes. He did go to war with him. This is fact, even though it can be debated that he did not have much choice and tried to do it as little as possible (we know how, except for planning their campaign, Berna was not very useful to the Coalition generals). 

And yes, he did help bring about the downfall of Napoleon after Leipzig. After getting Norway though, there was absolutely no reason for him to be involved, so he had no involvement during the 100 days. 

As I said, Napoleon did call him ungrateful. But he also said that he did not see him as a traitor. But there are a lot of people who are keen on speaking for Napoleon in this matter.

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Write 2 things you like about yourself and pass it to the first 10 people on your dash (or however many people you want, whatever). #teamselfesteem :D

Uuuuuhh.... 

1. It's very easy for me to remember information that I read quickly, which is good for last minute studying. 

2. I like my hair color....?

:D

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You’re so cute, let me virtual hug you!

aw, stop it! *hugs*

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mmeflamel replied to your post: GUYS. GUYS. So I was celebrating my bi...

So sweet, good and heartfelt by your mum and stepdad! Coolest present ever. Enjoy your weekend!!! :)

I KNOW. I'm very happy. I mean, I got a lot of other things as well, but that one was definitely the most... unexpected. :D

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WHEN I’LL GO TO COLLEGE I’M GONNA GO TO ONE PRINTING OFFICE AND HAVE THAT PORTRAIT OF NEY LOOKING AWKWARD PRINTED ON THE BIGGEST FORMAT POSSIBLE AND I’M GONNA HANG IT IN MY DORM. sorry for the rant

DON'T APOLOGIZE I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO.

Also I just feel so glad that I have people around me who either appreciate or indulge this little obsession of mine. Most of my family like history a lot, so I suppose it's not that odd...