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Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary (Swedish: Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Charles John was a French general and founder of the House of Bernadotte.
Désirée Clary would today be unknown to anyone but specialists in the history of the Napoleonic Era or the Swedish monarchy but for various fictional representations of her life. In particular, there is Annemarie Selinko’s best-selling novel Désirée, first published in German in 1951 [5] and translated into most major languages.
Désirée Clary: From Napoleon’s fiancée to Queen of Sweden. An ordinary Frenchwoman with an astonishing life, Désirée Clary was engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte before being tossed aside. She did get her revenge though, become Queen of Sweden in the ruling House of Bernadotte.
May 19, 2017 · Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary was born on 8 November 1777 as the daughter of François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis. She was educated in a convent and was just 11 years old when the French Revolution broke out. She then returned to live with her parents.
Sep 17, 2023 · French-born Desiree Clary was the first fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte. She unexpectedly became Desideria, Queen Consort of Sweden and Norway, when her husband was elected as ruler. She hated Sweden and lived in Paris for several years before finally taking up her royal role.
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The life of Désirée Clary – a most curious individual – was to change forever following the meeting of the Bonaparte and Clary families in Marseille during the Revolutionary period. Despite harbouring no political ambitions, this bourgeois lady from the south of France was eventually obliged to join her husband, Bernadotte (who ascended ...
Désirée (1777–1860) Queen of Sweden. Name variations: Desiree Clary; Bernhardine or Bernardine Eugenie Desiree. Born Bernardiné Eugénie Désirée Clary on November 9, 1777, in Marseille, France; died on December 17, 1860, in Stockholm, Sweden; buried in Stockholm; daughter of François Clary (a prosperous merchant of Marseille); sister of ...
