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Julie Clary was the wife of Joseph Bonaparte and formally Queen of Spain from 1808 to 1813. She earned the Spanish nickname Reina ausente because she never lived in Spain, preferring to remain at her chateau in Mortefontaine in France while her husband ruled.
Julie Clary was born on the 26th of December 1771 in Marseille, France. She was the daughter of Francois Clary, a wealthy silk manufacturer and merchant of Irish heritage.
Julie Clary married Joseph Bonaparte, the elder brother of Napoleon, on the 1st of August 1794 at Cuges in the Bouches-du-Rhone department of France.
Yes. When Joseph Bonaparte was made King of Spain in 1808, Julie became the first queen of Spain not of royal birth. She never lived in Spain during her time as queen.
After Napoleon's second downfall in 1815, Julie took her daughters to Frankfurt, where she stayed for six years. She later settled in Brussels in 1821 and then in Florence at the Palazzo Serristori, where she died on the 7th of April 1845.
Julie Clary was buried at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. Her remains stayed there even after Napoleon III had Joseph Bonaparte's remains returned to France in 1862; her burial is beside that of her daughter Charlotte.