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Désirée Clary
Sign in to saveAlso known as Desiree Clary, Desideria, Queen Desideria, Desideria of Sweden and Norway, Bernhardine Eugénie Désirée Clary, Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria
Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John
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Vinony files it under 1777 births, 1860 deaths and 19th-century Roman Catholics.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Tenure
- 5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844
- Coronation
- 21 August 1829
- Born
- Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary , ( 1777-11-08 ) 8 November 1777, Marseille , France
- Died
- 17 December 1860 (1860-12-17) (aged 83), Stockholm Palace , Sweden
- Burial
- 11 January 1861, Riddarholm Church
- Spouse
- Charles XIV John ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1798 ; died 1844 )
- Issue
- Oscar I of Sweden
- House
- Bernadotte (by marriage)
- Father
- François Clary
- Mother
- Françoise Rose Somis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Desideria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Child
- Oscar I of Sweden
- Father
- François Clary
- Occupation
- consort
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Noble title
- queen consort
- Image
- Queen desideria by locati-2.jpeg
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- place of burial
- Riddarholm Church
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- Désirée Clary
- date of birth
- 1777-11-08
- date of death
- 1860-12-17
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- Désirée Clary
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- birth name
- Bernhardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
- name in native language
- Désirée Clary
- short name
- Desideria
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Encyclopedic overview
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, the mother of Oscar I, was the one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was also the sister of Julie Clary, the queen consort of Spain and Naples. Her name was officially changed in Sweden to Desideria although she did not use that name.
Background and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Désirée Clary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.