Thank you. I'd argue that his pursuit of Blucher to Lubeck was no more remarkable than Murat and Lannes sweeping up the Baltic fortresses and hounding the remnants of the Prussians to Konigsberg. Mohrungen in early 1807 was hardly anything to write home about, and after than Bernadotte settled down as governor of the Hanseatic towns. He certainly did himself no military favors at Wagram, and his achievements after he jumped ship as it were in 1813 and later don't ring many military chimes either.

Yes indeed, there were quite a few mediocrities among the marshalate, and Bernadotte was definitely one of them. His claim to fame, I suppose, was his ability to charm the Swedes, as much for his own interests and for theirs. After all, Bernadotte looked like a safer bet than the current Swedish king who, by all accounts, was as crazy as a bedbug.