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    Joséphine de Beauharnais - Wikipedia

    • Joséphine Bonaparte 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. As Napoleon's consort, she was also Queen of Italy from 26 May 1805 until the 1810 annulment. She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais (French: [ʒozefin də boaʁnɛ]). José… See more

    Name

    Although she is often referred to as "Joséphine de Beauharnais", it is not a name she herself used. "Beauharnais" is the … See more

    Family background

    The Taschers were an ancient French noble family of landed gentry, and Joséphine's grandfather, Gaspard-Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie (1705-1767) was the first to settle in Le Carbet on Martinique in 1726. He seems to h… See more

    Disputed birthplace

    Officially, Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie was born in Les Trois-Îlets on Martinique on 23 June 1763. However, this has been disputed by several sources. The church registry in Les Trois-Îlets states that Joséphine … See more

    First marriage

    Joséphine's paternal aunt, Marie Euphémie Désirée Tascher de la Pagerie (1739–1803), was at first the mistress, later became the second wife of a French naval officer, François de Beauharnais, Governor of Martinique, … See more

    Marriage to Napoleon

    Madame de Beauharnais had affairs with several leading political figures, including Paul Barras. In 1795, she met Napoleon Bonaparte, six years her junior, and became his mistress. In a letter to her in December, … See more

    Later life and death

    After the annulment, Joséphine lived at the Château de Malmaison, near Paris. She remained on good terms with Napoleon, who once said that the only thing to come between them was her debts. (Joséphine remarked p… See more

    Descendants

    Hortense's son, Napoleon III, became Emperor of the French. Eugène's son Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg married into the Russian Imperial family, was granted the style of Imperial Hi… See more

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    Name
    Family background
    Disputed birthplace
    First marriage
    Marriage to Napoleon
    Later life and death
    Descendants