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Which European ruler had a tattoo on his chest saying "La mort aux rois" (English: "Death to the King")?

Question #152530. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Aug 23 2026.
Originally posted Aug 23 2026 3:38 AM.

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King Charles XIV John, King of Norway and Sweden from 1818-1844, who was a Jacobin, republican soldier and Marshal in France during the Napoleonic Wars under the name Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. Legend has it that when his body was being prepared for burial, he was discovered to have a tattoo that in English translates, "Death to kings".

Aug 23 2026, 9:20 AM
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