The Danish Ruby Parure began its life in the hands of Désirée Clary, the future Queen of Sweden. Her husband, then still only Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, ordered the suite for Emperor Napoleon’s coronation from a jeweller in Paris. The entire suite consisted of a necklace, earrings, a brooch, and hair ornaments. Désirée wore the parure [read more]
This article was written by Sophie Strid. Joséphine of Leuchtenberg was born Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone on 14 March 1807 in Milan, Italy. Her parents were French general Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta of Bavaria. The oldest of seven children, Joséphine spent the first years of her childhood in Milan, where the family lived [read more]
Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary was born on 8 November 1777 as the daughter of François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis. She was educated in a convent and was just 11 years old when the French Revolution broke out. She then returned to live with her parents. Her father died in 1794, and he had made [read more]
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