# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desiree-clary
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:56:10.122Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/desiree-clary"
name: "Désirée Clary"
slug: "desiree-clary"
description: "She was engaged to Napoleon, then became Queen of Sweden instead — a life that pivoted on one broken engagement into a crown neither she nor her ex-fiancé could have predicted."
tagline: "Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John"
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birthDate: "1777-11-08"
deathDate: "1860-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary was born 8 November 1777, and in her youth was briefly engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte before that attachment dissolved. She married Charles John, a French general who would become the founder of the House of Bernadotte, and followed him north when he was named heir to the Swedish throne. On 5 February 1818 she became Queen of Sweden and Norway, a position she held until 8 March 1844. Her sister Julie Clary became queen consort of Spain and Naples; her son became Oscar I. Sweden officially changed her name to Desideria, though she never used it. She died 17 December 1860.