Julie Clary
(Marie) Julie Clary (
December 26,
1771 -
April 7,
1845) was the daughter of François Clary (1725-1794), a wealthy
Marseilles soap manufacturer and his second wife Françoise Rose Somis (1737-1815). Her sister
Desirée Clary became Queen of
Sweden upon the accession of her husband,
Marshal Bernadotte, as King of that nation.
On August 1, 1794 at Cuges she married Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, and later King of Naples, and King of Spain.
They had three daughters: Julie Joséphine Bonaparte (1796-1796), Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte (1801-1854), Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte (1802-1839).