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Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary (Swedish: Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; [1] 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.
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.
Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary, née le 8 novembre 1777 à Marseille (royaume de France), et morte le 17 décembre 1860 à Stockholm (Suède-Norvège), est princesse de Pontecorvo, puis reine consort de Suède et de Norvège de 1818 à 1844.
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When in 1942 Sacha Guitry wrote and directed a movie about the woman he described as “a little-known but very illustrious personage,” he titled it Le Destin Fabuleux de Désirée Clary.[1] “Fabulous” is indeed an apt word for the life story of Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary (1771-1860).
Queen Désirée was born Bernardiné Eugénie Désirée Clary on November 9, 1777, in Marseille, France, the daughter of François Clary, a prosperous merchant of Marseille. Before Désirée turned 20, she was pursued by Napoleon Bonaparte who wanted to marry her.
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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Desideria (Désirée Clary), 1777–1860. Désirée was born on 8 November 1777 in Marseilles, the youngest of nine children. Her parents were François Clary and Françoise Rose Soumis. After the revolution, she got to know Jean Baptiste Bernadotte.
