Désirée Clary
Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John · France · Historical Figures · Lived 1777 to 1860 · aged 83
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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.
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