Queen Sofia Magdalena of Sweden by Jakob Björck (oil on canvas, 1788)

Sofia Magdalena of Denmark was a Danish princess who married Gustav (III) in 1766. Their marriage has been described as problematic, including because they were so different. They had two sons, the youngest of whom died at an early age.

Sofia Magdalena showed a great interest in clothing and fashion. Her exquisite dresses are preserved at the Royal Armoury. These include her wedding dress with silver bobbin lace, inspired by the French court.

Photo: Nationalmuseum

Holidays 7.22

Holidays

Ask An Archeologist Day

Blackfoot Daisy Day

Childbirth Education Awareness Day

Dornach Commemoration Day (Switzerland)

Family Tree Day

Festival of Boredom and Reveries

Fragile X Awareness Day

George Crum Day

Hammock Day

Health, Happiness with Hypnosis Day

IMF Day

International Childbirth Education Awareness Day

International Love & Gratitude Day

King Father’s Birthday (Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Lendemain de l'Aïd el-Kebir (Mauritania)

Leo zodiac sign begins

Lion's Share Day

National Be A Good Teammate Day (UK)

National Flag Adoption Day (India)

National Intern Day

National Pajama Day

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

National Sing from the Book of Mormon Day

National Sophia Day

National Squirt A Pigeon Day

National Thomas Day

National Water Coaster Day

One Piece Day (Japan)

Pi Approximation Day (a.k.a. Casual Pi Day; 22/7)

Preparedness Day

Qurbon Hayit Holiday (Uzbekistan)

Ranggeln (Germany)

Ratcatcher's Day (a.k.a. Pied Piper Day; UK)

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

Ryegrass Day (French Republic)

Spooner's Day (a.k.a. Spoonerism Day)

Stilt Dance Day (Spain)

Summer Leisure Day

Tulsa Doom Appreciation Day

Trae Day (Houston, Texas)

World Brain Day

World Day Against Open Pit Mining

World Fragile X Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Froot Loops Day

National BLT Sandwich Day

National Mango Day

Penuche Fudge Day

4th Saturday in July

Aunties Day [4th Saturday]

National Day of the American Cowboy [4th Saturday]

National Drowning Prevention Day [4th Saturday]

Tsushima Tennoo Matsuri (津島天王祭り; Shōjō Festival, Japan) [Begins 4th Saturday night]

World Ivermectin Day [4th Saturday]

Independence Days

Sarawalk Self-Government Day (Malaysia)

Feast Days

Abd-al-Masih (Christian; Saint)

Alexander Calder (Artology)

Aphrodisia (Ancient Greek bathing festival of Aphrodite & Peitho)

Aristo (Positivist; Saint)

Beginning of Leo (Astrology; Pagan)

Contemplate the Cosmos Day (Pastafarian)

Dabius (a.k.a. Davies) of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Edward Hopper (Artology)

James Whale Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine; a.k.a. Count Joseph; Christian; Saint)

Karl Marx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Markella of Chios (Christian; Saint)

Mary Magdalene (Christian; Saint)

Meneve, Abbot of Menat (Christian; Saint)

Nohra (Maronite Church)

Vandrille (a.k.a. Wandregisilus; Christian; Saint)

The Venusian (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 14 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [14 of 24]

Premieres

Back to the Shack, by Weezer (Song; 2014)

Bikini Beach (Film; 1964)

Captain America: The First Avenger (Film; 2011)

The Daily Show (Late Night TV Talk Show; 1996)

Friends with Benefits (Film; 2011)

Green Lantern: Beware My Power (WB Animated Film; 2022)

Ice Age: Collision Course (Animated Film; 2016)

The Island (Film; 2005)

It’s Hummer Time (WB LT Cartoon 1950)

Jaws 3-D (Film; 1983)

Join Together, by The Who (Song; 1972)

Lolita (Film; 1998)

Marnie (Film; 1964)

Midnight Run (Film; 1988)

Mr. Mom (Film; 1983)

My Aim Is True, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1977)

Nope (Film; 2022)

North (Film; 1994)

Plan 9 From Outer Space (Film; 1959)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Film; 1954)

Star Trek Beyond (Film; 2016)

The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman (Novel; 1997) [His Dark Materials #2]

Today’s Name Days

Magdalena, Maria (Austria)

Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Miglena (Bulgaria)

Lenka, Magdalena, Manda, Marija (Croatia)

Magdaléna (Czech Republic)

Magdalene, Maria (Denmark)

Leen, Leena, Leeni, Made, Madli, Magda, Magdaleena, Mall, Malle (Estonia)

Leena, Leeni, Lenita, Matleena (Finland)

Madeleine, Wandrille (France)

Magdalena, Marlene, Verena (Germany)

Magdalena, Magdalene, Magdalini, Markella (Greece)

Magdolna (Hungary)

Lena, Lorenzo, Maddalena, Maria, Marylena, Menelaos (Italy)

Margita, Marija, Marika, Marina, Marisandra (Latvia)

Dalius, Magdalena, Mantilė, Marija (Lithuania)

Malene, Mali, Malin (Norway)

Albin, Bolesława, Bolisława, Laurencjusz, Maria Magdalena, Milenia, Pankracy, Wawrzyniec, Więcemiła (Poland)

Magdaléna (Slovakia)

Magdalena, María (Spain)

Madeleine, Magdalena (Sweden)

Mada, Madalina, Madalyn, Maddi, Maddie, Maddy, Madel, Madelaine, Madelein, Madeleine, Madelene, Madelina, Madeline, Madie, Madelyn, Mady (Universal)

Amaya, Magda, Magdalen, Magdalena, Magdalene (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 203 of 2024; 162 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 29 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 5 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Av 5783

Islamic: 4 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 23 Lux; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 9 July 2023

Moon: 20%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Dante (8th Month) [Aristo]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 32 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 1 of 31)

Calendar Changes

 Leo (The Lion) begins [Zodiac Sign 5; thru 8.21]

Holidays 7.22

Holidays

Ask An Archeologist Day

Blackfoot Daisy Day

Childbirth Education Awareness Day

Dornach Commemoration Day (Switzerland)

Family Tree Day

Festival of Boredom and Reveries

Fragile X Awareness Day

George Crum Day

Hammock Day

Health, Happiness with Hypnosis Day

IMF Day

International Childbirth Education Awareness Day

International Love & Gratitude Day

King Father’s Birthday (Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Lendemain de l'Aïd el-Kebir (Mauritania)

Leo zodiac sign begins

Lion's Share Day

National Be A Good Teammate Day (UK)

National Flag Adoption Day (India)

National Intern Day

National Pajama Day

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

National Sing from the Book of Mormon Day

National Sophia Day

National Squirt A Pigeon Day

National Thomas Day

National Water Coaster Day

One Piece Day (Japan)

Pi Approximation Day (a.k.a. Casual Pi Day; 22/7)

Preparedness Day

Qurbon Hayit Holiday (Uzbekistan)

Ranggeln (Germany)

Ratcatcher's Day (a.k.a. Pied Piper Day; UK)

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

Ryegrass Day (French Republic)

Spooner's Day (a.k.a. Spoonerism Day)

Stilt Dance Day (Spain)

Summer Leisure Day

Tulsa Doom Appreciation Day

Trae Day (Houston, Texas)

World Brain Day

World Day Against Open Pit Mining

World Fragile X Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Froot Loops Day

National BLT Sandwich Day

National Mango Day

Penuche Fudge Day

4th Saturday in July

Aunties Day [4th Saturday]

National Day of the American Cowboy [4th Saturday]

National Drowning Prevention Day [4th Saturday]

Tsushima Tennoo Matsuri (津島天王祭り; Shōjō Festival, Japan) [Begins 4th Saturday night]

World Ivermectin Day [4th Saturday]

Independence Days

Sarawalk Self-Government Day (Malaysia)

Feast Days

Abd-al-Masih (Christian; Saint)

Alexander Calder (Artology)

Aphrodisia (Ancient Greek bathing festival of Aphrodite & Peitho)

Aristo (Positivist; Saint)

Beginning of Leo (Astrology; Pagan)

Contemplate the Cosmos Day (Pastafarian)

Dabius (a.k.a. Davies) of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Edward Hopper (Artology)

James Whale Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine; a.k.a. Count Joseph; Christian; Saint)

Karl Marx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Markella of Chios (Christian; Saint)

Mary Magdalene (Christian; Saint)

Meneve, Abbot of Menat (Christian; Saint)

Nohra (Maronite Church)

Vandrille (a.k.a. Wandregisilus; Christian; Saint)

The Venusian (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 14 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [14 of 24]

Premieres

Back to the Shack, by Weezer (Song; 2014)

Bikini Beach (Film; 1964)

Captain America: The First Avenger (Film; 2011)

The Daily Show (Late Night TV Talk Show; 1996)

Friends with Benefits (Film; 2011)

Green Lantern: Beware My Power (WB Animated Film; 2022)

Ice Age: Collision Course (Animated Film; 2016)

The Island (Film; 2005)

It’s Hummer Time (WB LT Cartoon 1950)

Jaws 3-D (Film; 1983)

Join Together, by The Who (Song; 1972)

Lolita (Film; 1998)

Marnie (Film; 1964)

Midnight Run (Film; 1988)

Mr. Mom (Film; 1983)

My Aim Is True, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1977)

Nope (Film; 2022)

North (Film; 1994)

Plan 9 From Outer Space (Film; 1959)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Film; 1954)

Star Trek Beyond (Film; 2016)

The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman (Novel; 1997) [His Dark Materials #2]

Today’s Name Days

Magdalena, Maria (Austria)

Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Miglena (Bulgaria)

Lenka, Magdalena, Manda, Marija (Croatia)

Magdaléna (Czech Republic)

Magdalene, Maria (Denmark)

Leen, Leena, Leeni, Made, Madli, Magda, Magdaleena, Mall, Malle (Estonia)

Leena, Leeni, Lenita, Matleena (Finland)

Madeleine, Wandrille (France)

Magdalena, Marlene, Verena (Germany)

Magdalena, Magdalene, Magdalini, Markella (Greece)

Magdolna (Hungary)

Lena, Lorenzo, Maddalena, Maria, Marylena, Menelaos (Italy)

Margita, Marija, Marika, Marina, Marisandra (Latvia)

Dalius, Magdalena, Mantilė, Marija (Lithuania)

Malene, Mali, Malin (Norway)

Albin, Bolesława, Bolisława, Laurencjusz, Maria Magdalena, Milenia, Pankracy, Wawrzyniec, Więcemiła (Poland)

Magdaléna (Slovakia)

Magdalena, María (Spain)

Madeleine, Magdalena (Sweden)

Mada, Madalina, Madalyn, Maddi, Maddie, Maddy, Madel, Madelaine, Madelein, Madeleine, Madelene, Madelina, Madeline, Madie, Madelyn, Mady (Universal)

Amaya, Magda, Magdalen, Magdalena, Magdalene (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 203 of 2024; 162 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 29 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 5 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Av 5783

Islamic: 4 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 23 Lux; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 9 July 2023

Moon: 20%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Dante (8th Month) [Aristo]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 32 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 1 of 31)

Calendar Changes

 Leo (The Lion) begins [Zodiac Sign 5; thru 8.21]

According to Antonia Fraser “Antoine wore glistening cloth-of-silver” to her proxy marriage ceremony. Sadly, neither this nor any other of Marie Antoinette’s complete gowns survive today.

The two gowns above were worn by two future Swedish Queens. The one on the top was worn by Sophia Magdalena of Denmark to her November 4th, 1766 wedding to the future Gustav III of Sweden. On the bottom is the one worn by Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp to her June 7th, 1774 wedding to the future Charles XIII.  One was worn four years before Antoinette’s proxy wedding, and the other four years after, and these lovely gowns us an idea of what her dress might have looked like.

Lorens Pasch the Younger - Sophia Magdalena of Denmark

Portrait of Sophia Magdalena of Denmark

Lorens Pasch the Younger, 1768

Which was more seen at court? A Court Mantua or a robe de cour?

It’d depends on what court we’re talking about. Let’s remember that court attire was very detailed on what should be worn. So, in English court a mantua would be worn, and in France and the rest of Europe, a robe de cour would be the one.

Even though a court mantua and a robe de cour are practically the same thing, I’d like to point at  the main difference between both. Here we go:

The sleeves. The mantua sleeves changes with the fashion (we see cuffs or ruffles of the same fabric of the bodice), while on a robe de cour the sleeves are of many lace ruffles.

English mantua, 1755-1760 // Queen Lovisa Ulrika’s coronation robe from 1751

Closure. The mantua is a front-opening gown, while the robe de cour is back opening.

Court mantua, 1740-45 // Robe de cour of Sofia Magdalena of Sweden, 1766

The train. The court mantua’s train was an evolution of the carefully folded one from the late 17th century mantua. On the other side, the robe de cour’s train was long and simply gathered at the waist, it could also be visible only from the back, or could seem like an overskirt at the front.

Court mantua, 1750s // Wedding gown of Princess Sophia Magdalena of Denmark for her marriage to Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden in 1766

The front. The mantua has a clear square neckline, while the robe de cour has a deep round neckline, sometimes decorated by lace.

English court mantua, 1755-60 // Robe de cour coronation dress of Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden, 1751

FORGOTTEN BY HISTORY: Louise of Denmark (1726-1756)

She was born on 19 October 1726, as the second surviving child of King Christian VI of Denmark, and his wife, Sophia Magdalena of Brandenburg- Kulmbach. Lively, confident Louise didn’t suit to religious and rigid picture of Christian VI’s family. She disliked the strict customs of Danish court, that led to her father’s complaints about her “rebellious nature”.

Among her marriage prospects were: George II of Great Britain’s younger son, William Augustus,  Prince of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Duke of Mecklemburg. None of those plans came to fruition, as she started relationship with court valet de chambre, from Ahlefeldt family, that possible resulted in child. Her liver was sentenced to imprisonment for his audacity in Munkholm Fortress. Louise was engaged hastily to Ernst Frederick III of Saxe- Hildburghausen, with large dowry to mute scandal.  6 years after marriage, she gave birth to a daughter, Fredericka Sophie Juliane Caroline. Sadly, newborn infant died after a month. As Duchess, she hosted court parties, followed strict etiquette, amusing herself with balls, hunting, gambling. She died soon after her child, on 8 August 1756.

Her husband remarried 2 times and fathered 1 son and 3 daugthers. 

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People that have married in the Royal Families since 1800

Sweden

Eugénie Bernardine Désirée Clary better known as  Désirée Clary (8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) 

Clary was born in Marseille, France, the daughter of François Clary a wealthy silk manufacturer and merchant, by his second wife Françoise Rose Somis Eugénie was normally used as her name of address.

Clary had a sister and brother to whom she remained very close all her life. Her sister, Julie Clary, married Joseph Bonaparte, and later became Queen of Naples and Spain. Her brother, Nicholas Joseph Clary, was created 1st Count Clary

As a child, Clary received the convent schooling usually given to daughters of the upper classes in pre-revolutionary France. However, when she was barely eleven years old, the French Revolution of 1789 took place, and convents were closed. Clary returned to live with her parents, and was perforce home-schooled thereafter. Later, her education would be described as shallow.

In 1794, Clary's father died. Shortly after, it was discovered that in the years before the revolution, he had made an appeal to be ennobled, a request that had been denied. Because of this, Désirée Clary's brother Etienne, now the head of the family and her guardian, was arrested. 

Désirée Clary met Joseph Bonaparte and was introduced to her family. Bonaparte and Clary were engaged, and his brother Napoleon Bonaparte also met her family. Soon Joseph was engaged instead to her older sister Julie while Napoleon was engaged to Désirée Clary on 21 April 1795. In 1795–1797

Clary lived with her mother in Genoa in Italy, where her brother-in-law Joseph had a diplomatic mission; they were also joined by the Bonaparte family. In 1795, Napoleon became involved with Joséphine de Beauharnais and broke the engagement to Clary on 6 September. He married Joséphine in 1796. 

In 1797, Clary went to live in Rome with her sister Julie and her brother-in-law Joseph, who was French ambassador to the Papal States. Her relationship with Julie remained close. She was briefly engaged to Mathurin-Léonard Duphot, a French general. The engagement has been assumed to be Napoleon's idea to compensate her with a marriage, while Duphot was attracted to her dowry and position as sister-in-law of Napoleon. She agreed to the engagement though Duphot had a long-term relationship and a son with another woman. On 30 December 1797, on the eve of their marriage, Duphot was killed in an anti-French riot outside of their residence Palazzo Corsini in Rome.In later years, Clary vehemently denied that her engagement to Duphot had ever existed

After her return to France, Clary lived with Julie and Joseph in Paris. In Paris, she lived in the circle of the Bonaparte family, who sided with her against Josephine after Napoleon had broken off their engagement. She herself did not like Josephine either, as she has been quoted calling her an aged courtesan with a deservedly bad reputation, but she is not believed to have shown any hostility toward Josephine as did the members of the Bonaparte family. She received a proposal from General Junot, but turned it down because it was given through Marmont.Clary eventually met her future spouse, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, another French general and politician. They were married in a secular ceremony at Sceaux on 17 August 1798. In the marriage contract, Clary was given economic independence. On 4 July 1799, she gave birth to their only child, a son, Oscar.

In August 1810, Bernadotte's husband was elected heir to the throne of Sweden and she heiress, now in that position being given the official name of Desideria. She initially thought this was to be similar to the position of Prince of Pontecorvo, and did not expect to have to visit Sweden more than she had been forced to visit Pontecorvo: "I thought, that it was at it had been with Ponte Corvo, a place from where we would have a title."She was later to admit, that she had never cared about any other country than France and knew nothing of foreign countries nor did she care about them, and that she was in despair when she was told that this time, she would be expected to leave Paris. Desideria delayed her departure and did not leave with her spouse. She was delighted with the position she had received at the French court after her elevation to crown princess (she had been invited to court events every week), and she was frightened by the stories of her reluctant French servants, who tried to discourage her from leaving by saying that Sweden was a country close to the North Pole filled with Polar bears.Finally, she left Paris and traveled by Hamburg and Kronborg in Denmark over the Öresund to Helsingborg in Sweden.

On 22 December 1810, Desideria arrived with her son Oscar in Helsingborg in Sweden, and the 6 January 1811, she was introduced to the Swedish royal court at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The Swedish climate was reportedly a shock for her: she arrived during the winter, and she hated the snow so much that she cried. Her spouse had converted upon his election as heir to the Swedish throne, and upon their arrival, her son was also to do so, as was required, and was taken from her to be brought up a Lutheran. There was, in accordance with the Tolerance Act, no demand that she should convert, and a Catholic chapel was arranged for her use. Desideria was not religious,but the Catholic masses served to remind her of France, and she celebrated the birth of the son of Napoleon, the King of Rome, by a Te Deum in her chapel. 

Desideria was unable to adapt to the demands of formal court etiquette or participate in the representational duties which were required of her in her position of Crown Princess. Her French entourage, especially Elise la Flotte, made her unpopular during her stay in Sweden by encouraging her to complain about everything.She did not have a good relationship with Queen Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte, though the Dowager Queen Sophia Magdalena was reportedly kind to her. In her famous diaries, Queen Charlotte described her as good hearted, generous and pleasant when she chose to be and not one to plot, but also an immature "spoiled child", who hated all demands and was unable to handle any form of representation, and as "a French woman in every inch" who disliked and complained about everything which was not French, and "consequently, she is not liked." Queen Charlotte, who wanted to remain the center of attention at her own court, was not pleased with Desideria and also influenced King Charles against her. 

Desideria left Sweden in the summer of 1811 under the name of Countess of Gotland, officially because of her health, and returned to Paris, leaving her husband and her son behind. She herself said that the Swedish nobility had treated her as if they were made of ice: "Do not talk with me of Stockholm, I get a cold as soon as I hear the word." In Sweden, her husband took a mistress, the noble Mariana Koskull. Under the same alias Desideria officially resided incognito in Paris, thereby avoiding politics. However, her house at rue d'Anjou was watched by the secret police, and her letters were read by them. She had no court, just her lady's companion Elise la Flotte to assist her as hostess at her receptions, and she mostly associated with a circle of close friends and family.

In 1818, her husband became King of Sweden, which made Desideria Queen. However, she remained in France, officially for health reasons. After she became Queen, the Swedish Queen Dowager wrote to her and suggested that she should have Swedish ladies-in-waiting, but she replied that it was unnecessary for her to have a court as she still resided incognito. She officially kept herself incognito and did not host any court, but she kept in contact with the Swedish embassy, regularly visited the court of Louis XVIII and often saw Swedes at her receptions, which she hosted on Thursdays and Sundays, unofficially in her role as queen, though she still used the title of countess. 

During this period, she fell in love with the French prime minister, the Duc de Richelieu, which attracted attention. According to one version, she fell in love with him after Louis XVIII had given him the task to deny her regular appeal for her sister Julie in the most charming way possible. True or not, she did fall in love with him, but the affection was not answered by Richelieu, who referred to her as his "crazy Queen". According to Laure Junot, she did not dare to speak to him or approach him, but she followed him wherever he went, tried to make contact with him, followed him on his trip to Spa and had flowers placed in his room. She followed him around until his death in 1822.

During the summer of 1822, her son Oscar made a trip in Europe to inspect prospective brides, and it was decided they should meet. As France was deemed unsuitable, they met in Aachen and a second time in Switzerland. In 1823, Desideria returned to Sweden together with her son's bride, Josephine of Leuchtenberg. It was intended to be a visit, but she was to remain in Sweden for the rest of her life. She and Josephine arrived in Stockholm 13 June 1823. Three days later, the royal court and the government was presented to her, and 19 June, she participated in the official welcoming of Josephine and witnessed the wedding

On 21 August 1829, she was crowned Queen of Sweden in Storkyrkan in Stockholm. Her coronation had been suggested upon her return, but her consort had postponed it because he feared there could be religious difficulties. There was actually a suggestion that she should convert to the Lutheran faith before her coronation, but in the end, the question was not considered important enough to press, and she was crowned all the same. She was crowned at her own request after having pressed Charles John with a wish that she should be crowned: "otherwise she would be no proper Queen". A reason for this is believed to have been that she regarded it as protection against divorce

The relationship between her and her husband King Charles XIV John was somewhat distant, but friendly. Charles John treated her with some irritability, while she behaved very freely and informally toward him. The court was astonished by her informal behavior. She could enter his bedroom and stay there until late at night even though he hinted to her that he wished to be alone with his favorite Count Magnus Brahe. Every morning, she visited her husband in her nightgown, which was seen as shocking, because her husband usually conferred with members of the council of state in his bed chamber at that time. Because of their difference in habits, they seldom saw each other even though they lived together. Because she was always late at dinner, for example, he stopped having his meals with her, and as he also preferred to have his meals alone, it was not uncommon for the nobles of the court to sit alone at the dinner table, without the royal couple present

The 1830s were a period when she did her best to be active as a queen, a role she had never wanted to play. The decade is described as a time of balls and parties, more than had been seen at the Swedish court since the days of King Gustav III, but Desideria soon grew tired of her royal status and wanted to return to France. However, her husband did not allow it. As queen she is mostly known for her eccentric habits. She is known to have kept reversed hours and, consequently, for often being late and keeping guests waiting, something which agitated her spouse. Normally, she retired at four in the morning, and awoke at two o'clock in the afternoon. Before she went to bed, she took a "walk by carriage": during these trips, she often paid unannounced visits, which were normally inconvenient because of the time. When the weather was bad, her carriage drove round the courtyard of the royal palace instead. It was normal for her to arrive for a visit to an opera when the show had ended.

Desideria was interested in fashion, devoted a lot of interest and pride in her hair and wore low cut dresses until an advanced age. She enjoyed dancing: her standard question at court presentations were if the debutantes liked to dance, and she herself danced well also during her old age. Her conversations were mainly about her old life in France. Her niece, Marcelle Tascher de la Pagerie, served as her Mistress of the Robes her first years as queen and also her main company, as she could speak to her of her main topic, her old life. After her niece had returned to France, she often socialized with the rich merchant Carl Abraham Arfwedson, who had once been a guest in her childhood home.She never became very popular at the royal court, where she was regarded with some snobbery because of her past as a merchant's daughter and a republican. She never learned to speak the Swedish language, and there are many anecdotes of her attempts to speak the language.

In 1844, Charles XIV John died and Desideria became Queen Dowager. Her son, the new King Oscar I, allowed her to keep her usual quarters in the Royal Palace as well as her entire court, so she would not have to change her habits. When her daughter-in-law Queen Josephine tried to convince her to reduce her court of her own free will, saying she no longer needed such a big court as a queen dowager, she answered: "It is true that I no longer need them all, but all of them still need me." She was a considerate and well-liked employer among her staff. One notable member of her court was Countess Clara Bonde, who was described as a personal friend and served the queen from her return to Sweden until her death. 

Desideria did engage in charity but it was discreet, and it has been said: "Her charity was considerable but took place in silence". One example was that she supported poor upper-class women by giving them sewing work. She also acted as official protector of charitable institutions, such as the Women's Society Girl School. The same year she became a widow, she was described by the French diplomat Bacourt: "Royalty has not altered her — unfortunately, for the reputation of the Crown. She has always been and will always remain an ordinary merchant woman, surprised over her position, and surprising to find upon a throne."He also added that she was a goodhearted woman.

After becoming a widow, she grew more and more eccentric. She went to bed in the morning, got up in the evening, ate breakfast at night and wandered around the corridors of the sleeping palace with a light. Desideria sometimes would take in children from the streets to the palace and give them sweets; she was not able to engage in any real conversation, but she would say "Kom, kom!" (Swedish for "Come come!") There are stories about people having been awakened by her carriage when she drove through the streets at night. The carriage sometimes stopped; she would sleep for a while, and then she would wake and the carriage would continue on its way. Her habit or circling the courtyard in her coach she called "Kring kring" (Swedish for "around and around"), one of the few Swedish words she learned.

On the last day of her life, Queen Desideria entered her box at the Royal Swedish Opera just after the performance had ended, and collapsed before reaching her apartment upon returning to Stockholm Palace on 17 December 1860.

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Monarchs of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1669 - d. 1739; reigned 1685 - 1739); consort: Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland (1666 - 1726) [1]:

Catherine, Princess Royal (died age five)

Elizabeth, Queen of Spain

Charles

Maximilian, Duke of Clarence (died age twenty-one)

Catherine Henrietta, Tsarevna of Russia

James, Duke of Gloucester

Anne, Infanta and Duchess of Beja

Henry, Duke of Kendal

Charlotte, Duchess of Beaufort

King Charles III (b. 1689 - d. 1762; reigned 1739 - 1762); consort: Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (1689 - 1743):

Maximilian

Catherine

Maria

Charles, Duke of York

Leopold, Duke of Edinburgh and Elizabeth, Queen of Denmark (twins)

Eleanor, Dauphine of France

King Maximilian I (b. 1716 - d. 1775; reigned 1762 - 1775); consort: Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716 - 1801):

Maximilian, Prince of Wales (married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Brunswick and died age thirty-five as Prince of Wales)

Charles {Duke of Cumberland at birth}

Leopold, Duke of Kent

Maria

King Charles IV (b. 1738 - d. 1793; reigned 1775 - 1793); consort: Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1743 - 1782):

Charles

Eleanor

Charlotte

Charles {Duke of Cambridge at birth}

Leopold, Duke of Sussex

Maximilian, Duke of Cumberland

King Charles V (b. 1770 - d. 1841; reigned 1775 - 1841); consort: Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771 - 1843):

Louisa

Leopold

Caroline

Mary

Christian, Duke of Cambridge

King Leopold I (b. 1796 - d. 1858; reigned 1841 - 1858); consort: Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799 - 1832):

Leopold

King Leopold II (b. 1826 - d. 1884; reigned 1858 - 1884); consort: Princess Maria Anna of Prussia (1836 - 1918):

Eleanor

Leopold

Anna

Henry {Duke of Exeter at birth}

Caroline

Frederick, Duke of Cleveland

Charles, Duke of Northumberland

Sophie

King Leopold III (b. 1846 - d. 1885; reigned 1884 - 1885); consort: None [2]

King Henry IX (b. 1849 - d. 1912; reigned 1885 - 1912); consort: Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853 - 1933):

Anne

Leopold

Elizabeth

James, Duke of Berwick

Sophia

Henry, Duke of Albermarle

King Leopold IV (b. 1876 - d. 1927; reigned 1912 - 1927); consort: Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (1876 - 1961) [3]:

Charlotte

Queen Charlotte I (b. 1898 - d. 1955; reigned 1927 - 1955); consort: Henry, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1873 - 1939):

Henry

James {Duke of York at birth}

Helen, Queen of Yugoslavia

King Henry X (b. 1918 - d. 2003; reigned 1955 - 1957); consort: None:

Henry

Eleanor

Patricia [4]

King James II (and VII) (b. 1923 - d. 2018; reigned 1957 - 2018); consort: Lady Caroline Howard (1927 - present):

Mary

Catherine

Jane

Louisa

Queen Elizabeth III (b. 1954; reigned 2018 - present); consort: Frederick Montagu Douglas Scott, grandson of Admiral Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott (b. 1954) [5]:

Charles, Prince of Wales [styled Duke of Cambridge as before his mother’s ascension]

Frederick, Duke of Clarence

Elizabeth, Duchess of Albany

Charles, Prince of Wales (b. 1987) married British Chinese Clarissa Roosevelt in 2013. Their daughter, Princess Eleanor of Cambridge was born in 2015.

Prince Frederick (b. 1990) married Jewish French-American Rachel Lachapelle in 2016.

Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth (b. 1993) and Jane Ross, a theatre actress and the princess’ childhood best friend, in 2018.

[1] = a union between England and Scotland was proclaimed in 1720, making Elizabeth the first monarch of Great Britain and Ireland. [2] = Leopold III ruled for barely a year after the death of his father and as such, as a lifelong bachelor until then, did not have the opportunity to marry nor father a son. [3] = I can’t say whom because I haven’t got that far down on my Romanov tree, which has been changed by Elizabeth II’s daughter Catherine Henrietta marrying Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich I initially had this slot for a to be named Russian Grand Duchess but I changed it to Maria Annunciata of Austria [4] = Henry X came to the throne unmarried. His married mistress had given birth to a son, Henry, and daughter, Eleanor, widely acknowledged to be Henry's. Once on the throne, he tried to persuade Parliament to allow him to marry a Spanish Fascist, which they refused to allow while also allowing him to remain on the throne. He abdicated in favor of his younger brother, being made to sign away the right of all his descendants to the British throne, married a Spanish Fascist and had a daughter, Patricia. [5] = styled Princess Mary at birth, then Mary, Princess Royal on the ascension of her father, eventually made Mary, Princess of Wales but chose Elizabeth as her regnal name.

{Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia  and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern check out; Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick is probably fine but Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Princess Anna of Prussia, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, and Henry, Duke of Parma all have George Hanoverian or post-Louis le Dauphin ancestry in them which means I need to figure out alternatives.]

According to Antonia Fraser “Antoine wore glistening cloth-of-silver” to her proxy marriage ceremony. Sadly, neither this nor any other of Marie Antoinette’s complete gowns survive today.

The two gowns above were worn by two future Swedish Queens. The one on the top was worn by Sophia Magdalena of Denmark to her November 4th, 1766 wedding to the future Gustav III of Sweden. On the bottom is the one worn by Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp to her June 7th, 1774 wedding to the future Charles XIII.  One was worn four years before Antoinette’s proxy wedding, and the other four years after, and these lovely gowns us an idea of what her dress might have looked like.

Sophia Magdalena of Denmark