Full name and title: Crown Princess Désirée
Born: November 8, 1777 (Marseille, France)
Died: December 17, 1860 (Stockholm Palace, Sweden)

Oscar’s mother, she was born Désirée Clary in Marseille in 1777, the daughter of a silk merchant. Once engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte, she later married Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. As Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway, she remained emotionally and culturally tied to France, living apart from her husband for years before rejoining the court.

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