Amethysts

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Amethysts

Amethysts are well represented in the royal families of Europe; with hues ranging from light purple to deep, vibrant purple. The most magnificent set of amethysts, at least according to this humble author, belongs to the Swedish royal family. The amethysts, which are part of the Bernadotte Family Foundation, date to the first French Empire. They were originally the property of the Empress Josephine, who in turn gave them to Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavaria when she married Josephine’s son, Eugene de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg. 

heir daughter Josephine of Leuchtenberg married Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden, later becoming Queen of Sweden. Incidentally, Oscar was the son of King Charles XIV John of Sweden and his wife Désirée, who was originally engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte; she had broken it off upon meeting the man she would eventually marry, becoming the Queen Consort of Sweden and Norway. 

Upon her marriage to Crown Prince Oscar, Josephine brought with her an astounding collection of jewels, which included the Swedish sapphire parure, the emeralds which are now part of the Norwegian royal jewel collection, and the amethysts. The original demi-parure consisted of a necklace, pendant earrings, two bracelets, a brooch, and a corsage ornament. Queen Silvia later had the necklace mounted on a tiara frame, and the two bracelets combined with the corsage ornament to create a necklace. This provided the Swedish royal family with an amethyst tiara, necklace, pendant, brooch, and earrings. This set comprises exquisitely large amethysts of the deepest and most desirable shades of purple which are set in gold, surrounded by diamonds set in silver. Queen Silvia wore the amethysts to the wedding of the Crown Prince of Denmark (here) and to the 1984 Nobel Prize award ceremony (here);  

Crown Princess Victoria  has also worn them (she is seen here wearing the tiara and earrings, and here wearing the necklace without the drop pendant, together with the brooch and earrings).

Genealogy of the Royal Family of Sweden

House Bernadotte

HM Carl XIV Johan King of Sweden and Norway
(Born as: Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte)
(Since January 5th, 1805:) Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte Prince of Ponte-Corvo
(Since August 21st, 1810:) HRH Carl Johan Crown Prince of Sweden
(Since November 4th, 1814:) HRH Carl Johan Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway
* Pau, Béarn, January 26th, 1763
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 8th, 1844
Created Prince of Ponte-Corvo, January 5th, 1805; Governor of Hamburg, 1807-1809; Crown Prince of Sweden, August 21st, 1810; Crown Prince of Norway, November 4th, 1814
King of Sweden and Norway, February 5th, 1818 (crowned: Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 11th, 1818 and Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, September 7th, 1818)
Fieldmarshal of France, May 18th, 1804

Married:

Hotel Bonaparte, Rue de Rocher, Paris, August 16th, 1798:
Bernardine Eugénie Desirée Clary
(In Sweden styled as Queen Desideria)
* Marseille, November 8th, 1777
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 17th, 1860
(Crowned: Stockholm, December 21st, 1829)

Child from this marriage:

1. HM Oscar I Joseph François Otto King of Sweden and Norway
2. HM Oscar I Joseph François Otto King of Sweden and Norway
   (Born as: Oscar Joseph François Otto Bernadotte)
   (Since August 21st, 1810:) HRH Oscar Joseph François Otto Prince of Sweden
   (Since January 26th, 1811:) HRH Oscar Joseph François Otto Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
   (Since February 5th, 1818:) HRH Oscar Joseph François Otto Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Södermanland
   * Rue Monceau, Paris, July 4th, 1799
   † Royal Palace, Stockholm, July 8th, 1859
   Created Duke of Södermanland, January 26th, 1811; Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, February 5th, 1818; Viceroy of Norway, February 12th - October 11th, 1824
   King of Sweden and Norway, March 8th, 1844 (crowned: Storkyrkan, Stockholm, September 28th, 1844)

Married:
(by proxy) Munich, May 22nd and (in person) Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th, 1823:
HSH Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess von Leuchtenberg
(Born as: Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais)
(Since December 29th, 1807:) Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess di Bologna
(Since May 28th, 1813:) Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess di Bologna, Duchess di Galliera
(In Sweden styled as Queen Josefina)
* Leuchtenberg Palace, Milan, March 14th, 1807
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, June 7th, 1876
Created Princess di Bologna, December 29th, 1807; created Duchess di Galliera, May 28th, 1813


Children from this marriage:

1. HM Carl XV Ludvik Eugen King of Sweden and Norway ("Kron-Kalle")
   (Born as: HRH Carl Ludvik Eugen Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne)
   (Since March 8th, 1844:) HRH Carl Ludvik Eugen Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Skåne
   * Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 3rd, 1826
   † Palace, Malmö, September 18th, 1872
   Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, March 8th, 1844; Viceroy of Norway, February 7th, 1856; Prince-Regent of Sweden, 1857
   King of Sweden and Norway, July 8th, 1859 (crowned: Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 3rd, 1860 and Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, August 5th, 1860)
2. Married:
   Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th, 1850:
   HRH Wilhelmina Frederica Alexandrine Anna Louise Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
   (In Sweden styled as Queen Lovisa)
   * Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, August 5th, 1828
   † Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 30th, 1871
   
   
   
   
   Children from this marriage:
   1. HRH Lovisa Josefina Eugenia Princess of Sweden ("Sessa")
      (In Denmark styled as Queen Louise)
      * Royal Palace, Stockholm, October 31st, 1851
      † Amalienborg, Copenhagen, March 20th, 1926 
   2. 1. 1. Married:
            Chapel, Royal Palace, Stockholm, July 28th, 1869:
            HM Frederik VIII King of Denmark ("Freddy")
            (Born as: HSH Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl Prince zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
            (Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl Prince of Denmark
            (Since December 21st, 1858:) HRH Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl Prince of Denmark
            (Since November 15th, 1863:) HRH Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl Crown Prince of Denmark
            * Yellow Palace, Amaliegade, Copenhagen, June 3rd, 1843
            † (on the street during a walk, declared deceased in hospital) Hamburg, May 14th, 1912
            Crown Prince of Denmark, November 15th, 1863
            King of Denmark, January 29th, 1906 (proclaimed: Amalienborg, Copenhagen, January 30th, 1906)
         2. HRH Carl Oscar Vilhelm Fredrik Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
            * Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 14th, 1852
            † Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 13th, 1854
      2. HRH Frans Gustaf Oscar Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland
         * Haga Palace, Stockholm, June 18th, 1827
         † Christiania Castle, Christiania (today: Oslo), September 24th, 1852
      3. HM Oscar II Fredrik King of Sweden and Norway, the Goths and the Wends
      4. HRH Charlotte Eugenia Augusta Amalia Albertina Princess of Sweden
         * Royal Palace, Stockholm, April 24th, 1830
         † Royal Palace, Stockholm, April 23rd, 1889
      5. HRH Carl Nikolaus August Prince of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna
         * Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, August 24th, 1831
         † Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 4th, 1873
         Married:
         Altenburg, April 16th, 1864:
         HH Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony
         (In Sweden styled as Princess Theresia)
         * Frisdorf, December 21st, 1836
         † Haga Palace, Stockholm, November 9th, 1914
         
         
         HM Oscar II Fredrik King of Sweden and Norway
         (Since June 7th, 1905:) HM Oscar II Fredrik King of Sweden
         (Born as: HRH Oscar Fredrik Prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland)
         * Royal Palace, Stockholm, January 21st, 1829
         † Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 8th, 1907
         Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, July 8th, 1859
         King of Sweden and Norway, September 18th, 1872 (crowned: Slotkyrkan, Stockholm, May 12th, 1873 and Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, July 18th, 1873; deposed as King of Norway by Act of Parliament: June 7th, 1905; abdicated as King of Norway: October 26th, 1905) 
         
         
         
         
         Married:
         Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, June 6th, 1857:
         HDSH Sophie Wilhelmina Marianne Henriette Princess von Nassau
         (Since August 22nd, 1844:) HH Sophie Wilhelmina Marianne Henriette Princess von Nassau
         (In Sweden styled as Queen Sofia)
         * Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, July 9th, 1836
         † Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 30th, 1913
         
         
         
         
         Children from this marriage:
         1. HM Gustaf V King of Sweden
         2. HRH Oscar Carl August Prince of Sweden, Duke of Gotland
         3. HRH Oscar Carl Wilhelm Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland
         4. HRH Eugen Napoleon Nikolaus Prince of Sweden, Duke of Närke
            * Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, August 1st, 1865
            † Waldemarsudde, Djurgården, Stockholm, August 17th, 1947
         5. HM Gustaf V King of Sweden
            (Born as: HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland)
            (Since September 18th, 1872:) HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Värmland
            (Since June 7th, 1905:) HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland
            * Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, June 16th, 1858
            † Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, October 29th, 1950
            Crown Prince of Sweden, September 18th, 1872; Crown Prince of Norway, September 18th, 1872 - June 7th, 1905
            King of Sweden, December 8th, 1907
            (Was a well known tennis player, at tournements he used the name "Mr. G.")
         6. Married:
            Royal Chapel, Schloß Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, September 20th, 1881:
            HGDH Sophie Marie Viktoria Grand-Ducal Princess and Margravine von Baden
            * Schloß Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, August 7th, 1862
            † Villa Svezia, Rome, April 4th, 1930
            
            
            Children from this marriage:
            1. HM Gustaf VI Adolf King of Sweden
            2. HRH Carl Wilhelm Ludvig Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
            3. HRH Erik Gustaf Ludvik Albert Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västermanland
               * Royal Palace, Stockholm, April 20th, 1889
               † (spanish influenza) Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, September 20th, 1918
            4. HM Gustaf VI Adolf King of Sweden
               (Born as: HRH Oscar Fredrik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne)
               (Since December 8th, 1907:) HRH Oscar Fredrik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne
               * Royal Palace, Stockholm, November 11th, 1882
               † Hospital, Helsingborg, September 15th, 1973
               Crown Prince of Sweden, December 8th, 1907
               King of Sweden, October 29th, 1950
            Married:

            1. St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, June 15th, 1905:
               HRH Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony ("Daisy")
               (Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
               (In Sweden styled as Crown Princess Margaretha)
               * Bagshot Park, Surrey, January 15th, 1882
               † (ear infection) Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 1st, 1920

            
            
            Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, November 3rd, 1923:
            Lady Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten
            (Born as: HSH Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Princess von Battenberg)
            * Schloß Heiligenberg, Jugenheim near Darmstadt, July 13th, 1889
            † St. Görans Hospital, Stockholm, March 7th, 1965
            Children from the first marriage:
            
            

            1. HRH Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten
            2. HRH Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland
            3. HRH Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta Princess of Sweden
               * Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 28th, 1910
               † Kancellihuset, Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, November 7th, 2000

            Married:
            Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 24th, 1935:
            HM Frederik IX King of Denmark ("Rico")
            (Born as: HRH Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg Prince of Denmark)
            (Since May 14th, 1912:) HRH Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg Crown Prince of Denmark
            * Sorgenfri Castle, Lyngby near Copenhagen, March 11th, 1899
            † Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, January 14th, 1972
            Crown Prince of Denmark, May 14th, 1912
            King of Denmark, April 20th, 1947 (proclaimed: Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, April 21st, 1947)
            HRH Bertil Gustaf Oscar Carl Eugen Prince of Sweden, Duke of Halland ("Nappe")
            * Royal Palace, Stockholm, February 28th, 1912
            † Villa Solbacken, Djurgårdsbrunn, Stockholm, January 5th, 1997
            Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, September 15th, 1973 - May 13th, 1979
            

            
            

            
            

            1. Married:
               Chapel, Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, December 7th, 1976:
               Lilian May Davies
               * 3 Garden Street, Swansea, August 30th, 1915
            2. HRH Carl Johan Arthur Prince of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna

            Child from the second marriage:
            

            6. Stillborn daughter
               * Ulriksdal Palace near Stockholm, May 30th, 1925
         
         

Desideria 's Grave

Birth:	Nov. 9, 1777
Death:	Dec. 17, 1860
Queen of Sweden and Norway. Born in Marseilles, she was the daughter of wealthy silk merchant François Clary and his wife Françoise Rose Somis. Sometime in the 1790's, Désirée met poor young soldiers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon courted her, and the two became engaged in 1794. Her sister Julie later married Joseph Bonaparte. Désirée's parents objected to the match, and Napoleon needed more money and social standing to aid his grand aspirations than she would bring to the marriage. The engagement was broken in 1796, and Napoleon immediately married Josephine de Beauharnais. Désirée married Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's most trusted marshals, on August 17, 1798 at Sceaux. In 1810, her husband was elected Crown Prince of Sweden and adopted by the childless King Carl (Charles) XIII. After he led military campaigns against Norway, the throne of that country became his adopted father's in 1814. He was crowned King Carl XIV John in 1818. The Queen never acclimated well to the Swedish traditions, language, or climate, and spent long periods of time in Paris, away from her husband and only child, Oscar. She returned to Sweden in 1823, and was crowned as Queen Desideria in 1829. She was widowed in 1844, and her son, King Oscar I, died in 1859. She passed away in Stockholm following a night at the opera at the age of 83.  (bio by: VampireRed) Search Amazon for Desideria

Burial: Riddarholmskyrkan (Riddarholm Church) Riddarholmskyrkan Stockholms Lan, Sweden

Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: A.J. Marik Record added: Sep 01, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 7814609

Coronation of Desideria