| François Clary | |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1725 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Ferréol, Marseille, Kingdom of France |
| Death Place: | Marseille, French First Republic |
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| Noble Family: | Clary |
| Father: | Joseph Clary |
| Mother: | Françoise Agnès Ammoric |
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François Clary (24 February 1725 – 20 January 1794) was a wealthy Irish-French merchant.
François Clary is an ancestor of many members of European royalty via his daughters Julie Clary, Queen of Spain and Naples, and Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway.
François Clary was born on 24 February 1725 in Saint-Ferréol, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Kingdom of France, to Joseph Clary (1693–1748) and his wife, Françoise Agnès Ammoric (1705–1776), who were married on 27 February 1724 in Marseille.[1] His father was of Irish descent. His grandparents were Jacques Clary (1673–1696) and Catherine Barosse (1673–1757), who were married on 24 November 1690 in Marseille. François Clary's great-grandparents were Antoine Clary and Marguerite Canolle.
François Clary lived in Marseille and ran an import and export business. In trade with coffee and other colonial products, he acquired great wealth. François Clary died on 20 January 1794 in Marseille, French Republic, aged 68.
On 13 April 1751, François Clary married his first wife Gabrielle Fléchon (1732–1758) in Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules, Marseille. They had four children:
Gabrielle Fléchon died on 3 May 1758. On 26 June 1759, François Clary married his second wife Françoise Rose Somis (Marseille, 30 August 1737 – Paris, 28 January 1815), daughter of Joseph Ignace Somis and Catherine Rose Soucheiron, in Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins, Marseille. They had nine children:
François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis had 19 grandchildren, including:
Via Oscar I of Sweden, François Clary and Françoise Rose Somis are the ancestors of many European monarchs and princes, including: