Joséphine de Beauharnais
Joséphine de Beauharnais (23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. This made her the first Empress of the French. Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Joséphine de Beauharnais | |||||
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Empress consort of the French | |||||
18 May 1804 – 29 May 1814 | |||||
2 December 1804 | |||||
Queen consort of Italy | |||||
26 May 1805 – 29 May 1814 | |||||
Born | Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique | 23 June 1763||||
Died | 29 May 1814 Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France | (aged 50)||||
Spouse | Alexandre de Beauharnais Napoleon I | ||||
Issue | Eugène de Beauharnais Hortense de Beauharnais | ||||
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House | Tascher de la Pagerie House of Beauharnais House of Bonaparte | ||||
Father | Joseph Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie | ||||
Mother | Rose Claire des Vergers de Sannois | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
She did not have any children with Napoleon, as a result, he divorced her in 1810. Then he married Marie Louise of Austria.
Joséphine De Beauharnais Media
Joséphine at Malmaison in 1801 by François Gérard
Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 December 1804. Painting by Jacques-Louis David and Georges Rouget
The Divorce of the Empress Josephine in 1809 by Henri Frédéric Schopin
Portrait of Joséphine later in life by Andrea Appiani
Joséphine's eldest granddaughter, Joséphine, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. Portrait by Axel Nordgren
Josephine in 1805 by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
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