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Allegory of her arrival in Sweden (1824), by Fredric Westin. Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876), also Josefina, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Princess of Bologna from birth and Duchess of ...
Feb 25, 2024 · Herzog von Leuchtenberg; Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais of Leuchtenberg, Empress consort of Brazil; Child Leuchtenberg; Theodelinda Louise Eugénie Auguste Napoléone de Leuchtenberg, Gräfin zu Württemberg, Herzogin zu Urach and 2 others; Half sister of Pierre Louis Marie Auguste Denis de Lagarde and Fanny Denis de ...
Eugène's son Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg married into the Russian Imperial family, was granted the style of Imperial Highness and founded the Russian line of the Beauharnais family, while Eugene's daughter Joséphine married King Oscar I of Sweden, the son of Napoleon's one-time fiancée, Désirée Clary.
The House of Beauharnais (or House of Leuchtenberg; pronounced) is a French noble family. It is now headed by the Duke of Leuchtenberg , descendant in male line of Eugène de Beauharnais . History [ edit ]
Jun 24, 2016 · The family had no choice but to leave Milan for Augusta’s native home of Bavaria, where they were happily welcomed by her father, King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. King Maximilian named his daughter and son-in-law the Duke and Duchess of Leuchtenberg and also granted them the principality of Eichstädt.
Josefina (Joséphine) of Leuchtenberg, 1807–1876. Joséphine Maximiliana Eugenia Napoleona of Leuchtenberg was born in March 1807 in Milan, the daughter of French General Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavaria. On 23 August 1822, Crown Prince Oskar came on a visit to Eichstätt in Bavaria, where he met the 15-year-old ...
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Mar 9, 2015 · One set, the family’s parure of cameo jewels, is often specifically said to have been worn by Joséphine. The set depicts scenes from the myth of Cupid and Psyche, and the tiara is often worn by Bernadotte brides on their wedding day. Made in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Marie-Étienne Nitot, Napoléon’s court jeweler, the ...
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