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She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais (French: [ʒozefin də boaʁnɛ]). Joséphine's marriage to Napoleon was her second. Her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she was imprisoned in the Carmes Prison until five days after his execution.
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.
Oct 6, 2023 · Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) was a French noblewoman who was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). She was therefore Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until the annulment of her marriage on 10 January 1810, as well as Queen of Italy from March 1805 until 1810.
Nov 20, 2023 · The relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais has been hailed as a love affair for the ages, but it was anything but a perfect picture of selfless devotion...
Joséphine de Beauharnais (nee Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie) (June 23, 1763 – May 29, 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French. Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoleon III.
Nov 23, 2023 · Widowed during the French Revolution, and with two young children, Marie-Josèphe-Rose de Beauharnais faced an uncertain future. She was unable to access her family's wealth from sugar...
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, dite Joséphine de Beauharnais, née le 23 juin 1763 aux Trois-Îlets en Martinique et morte le 29 mai 1814 au château de Malmaison à Rueil-Malmaison, est la première épouse de l’empereur Napoléon I er de 1796 à 1809. À ce titre, elle est impératrice des Français de 1804 à 1809 et reine d ...
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