Noble family Clary | Father Joseph Clary | |
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Spouse(s) Gabrielle Fléchon
(m. 1751; d. 1758)
Françoise Rose Somis
(m. 1759) Mother Françoise Agnès Ammoric Born 24 February 1725
Saint-Ferréol, Marseille, Kingdom of France ( 1725-02-24 ) Died 20 January 1794, Marseille, France Children Désirée Clary, Julie Clary, Joseph Nicolas Clary, Étienne François Clary, Nicholas Clary Parents Joseph M. Clary, Françoise Agnès Ammoric, Carl Joseph Hiernle Grandchildren Oscar I of Sweden, Zénaïde Bonaparte Great grandchildren Oscar II of Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden Similar Désirée Clary, Julie Clary, Joseph Bonaparte, Oscar I of Sweden, Zénaïde Bonaparte | ||
François Clary (24 February 1725 – 20 January 1794) was a wealthy French merchant. He is an ancestor of many European monarchs by two of his daughters. He was the father of Julie Clary, who married in 1794 Joseph Bonaparte the King of Naples and Sicily (1806–08) and the King of Spain and the Indies (1808–13), who himself was brother to Napoleon Bonaparte. He was also the father of Désirée Clary, who became engaged to Napoleon in 1795, but Napoleon broke off his engagement with her in the same year. Désirée married in 1798 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was as Charles XIV John King of Sweden and Norway (1818–44).
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Biography
François Clary was born on 24 February 1725 in Saint-Ferréol, Marseille, Kingdom of France, to Joseph Clary (1693–1748) and his wife, Françoise Agnès Ammoric (1705–1776), who were married on 27 February 1724 in Marseille. His grandparents were Jacques Clary (1673–1696) and Catherine Barosse (1673–1757), who were married on 24 November 1690 in Marseille. His great grandparents were Antoine Clary and Marguerite Canolle. François Clary lived in Marseille and ran an import and export business. In trade with coffee and other colonial products he acquired great wealth. François Clary died on 20 January 1794 in Marseille, French Republic, aged 68.
Marriage and issue
On 13 April 1751 he married his first wife Gabrielle Fléchon (1732–1758) in Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules, Marseille. They were parents of four children:
Gabrielle Fléchon died on 3 May 1758. On 26 June 1759 he married his second wife Françoise Rose Somis (Marseille, 30 August 1737 – Paris, 28 January 1815), daughter of Joseph Ignace Somis and Catherine Rose Soucheiron, in Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins, Marseille. They had nine children.
Descendants
François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis had 19 grandchildren, they include:
The royal descendants of François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis include:
Julie Clary (1771–1845), Queen consort of Naples and Sicily and Queen consort of Spain and the Indies; Désirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway; Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (1799–1859); Carl XV of Sweden and Norway (1826–1872); Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (1829–1907); Louise of Sweden (1851–1926), Queen consort of Denmark; Gustaf V of Sweden (1858–1950); Christian X of Denmark (1870–1847); Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957); Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973); Frederick IX of Denmark (1899–1972); Olav V of Norway (1903–1991); Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935), Queen consort of Belgium; Ingrid of Sweden (1910–2000), Queen consort of Denmark; Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005), Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg; Baudouin of Belgium (1930–1993); Albert II of Belgium (born 1934); Harald V of Norway (born 1937); Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940); Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (born 1946); Anne-Marie of Denmark (born 1946), Queen consort of Greece; Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955); Philippe of Belgium (born 1960).