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Alexandre de Beauharnais was Josephine’s first husband. In 1779, Joséphine set sail to France to marry Alexandre. They had a son, Eugène, and a daughter, Hortense, who later married Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother.
Joséphine de Beauharnais est la première épouse de l’empereur Napoléon I er et donc Impératrice des Français de 1804 à 1809.
When she was 16 she went to France with her father so that she could marry Alexandre de Beauharnais, also born in Martinique and 19 years old at the time of their marriage. The ceremony took place in Noisy-le-Grand outside Paris on 13 December 1779.
