Désirée is the French past participle of désirer ("to desire") — "the desired one." **Désirée Clary (1777-1860)** was **Napoleon Bonaparte's first love** — they were engaged before he met Joséphine. **She later married Napoleon's general Bernadotte, who in a remarkable twist of fate was elected King of Sweden**, making **Désirée the Queen of Sweden and Norway as Desideria**, founding the modern Swedish royal house.
Subject of Annemarie Selinko's novel *Désirée* (1951) and the 1954 Hollywood film starring Jean Simmons.
Désirée reduces to one — the number of Napoleon's first love.