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   • Eugène de Beauharnais (born September 3, 1781, Paris, France—died February 21, 1824, Munich, Bavaria [now in Germany]) was a soldier, prince of the French First Empire, and viceroy of Italy for Napoleon I, who was his stepfather (from 1796) and adoptive father (from 1806).

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   Why did Joséphine return to Paris?

   • In 1790 a slave uprising on the island forced Joséphine to return to Paris, which was then in the throes of the Revolution. She frequented high society, but her life was endangered when her husband, who had been serving in the Revolutionary army, fell out of favour with the left-wing Jacobins and was guillotined in June 1794.

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   May 25, 2024 · Joséphine, the eldest daughter of Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie, an impoverished aristocrat who had a commission in the navy, lived the first 15 years of her life on the island of Martinique. In 1779 she married a rich young army officer, Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais, and moved to Paris.

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   May 24, 2024 · Alexandre, viscount de Beauharnais (born May 28, 1760, Martinique—died June 23, 1794, Paris, France) was the first husband of Joséphine (later empress of the French) and grandfather of Napoleon III; he was a prominent figure during the Revolution.

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   5 days ago · The Empress Joséphine was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. She later became famous in her own right for her horticulture expertise. She was born Marie-Joséphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie on June 23, 1763, in Les Troi-Îlets, Martinique.

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   5 days ago · His mother was Hortense de Beauharnais, the only daughter of Napoleon's wife Joséphine by her first marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais. He was the first Bonaparte prince born after the proclamation of the empire.

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   Sep 14, 2023 · Napoléon married Joséphine de Beauharnais in 1796, but their tumultuous relationship ended in divorce. He later married Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, with whom he had a son, Napoléon Franz Joseph Charles Bonaparte, also known as the King of Rome.

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   5 days ago · Joséphine of Leuchtenberg or Joséphine de Beauharnais (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876) was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar I, as well as Princess of Bologna from birth and Duchess of Galliera from 1813.

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   May 30, 2024 · Josephine Baker (born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died April 12, 1975, Paris, France) was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s. Baker grew up fatherless and in poverty.