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      • Joséphine Bonaparte (French: [ʒozefin bɔnapaʁt], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810.
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  1. Joséphine Bonaparte (French: [ʒozefin bɔnapaʁt], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810.

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  3. Aug 6, 2024 · Joséphine (born June 23, 1763, Trois-Îlets, Martinique—died May 29, 1814, Malmaison, France) was the consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French. 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 ...

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  4. 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...

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    • Joséphine de Beauharnais was almost born British. Joséphine’s family owned sugar plantations in tiny Martinique, a French colony in the Caribbean Sea.
    • The name Joséphine de Beauharnais never existed—at least not within her own lifetime. Joséphine was the eldest child of Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie, a gambler who squandered the family’s wealth.
    • She was a widow before she met Napoleon. Joséphine’s marriage to Alexandre was arranged by their two families—she was only 16 when she sailed to France to meet her new husband.
    • Joséphine had two children with Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais. Though Joséphine’s marriage to Alexandre was not a happy one, it was still fruitful: the couple had two children, a son and daughter.
  5. Dec 4, 2019 · Joséphine’s meteoric rise reached its apex as she was crowned Empress of France. However, this moment of rejoicing was soured by the ebullition of suppressed rage: shortly before the ceremony, Joséphine caught Napoleon embracing her lady-in-waiting, which almost sundered their marriage.

  6. 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.

  7. Jul 1, 2024 · Empress Josephine of the French, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Wikipedia-Public domain. Josephine de Beauharnais: Marie-Josephe-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife and the only woman that he claimed to love was Joséphine de Beauharnais.

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