Person:Joséphine de Beauharnais (1)

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Joséphine de Beauharnais
b.23 Jun 1763 Les Trois-Îlets, Le Marin, Martinique
d.29 May 1814 Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
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  1. Eugène de Beauharnais1781 - 1824
  2. Hortense de Beauharnais1783 - 1837
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Name Joséphine de Beauharnais
Gender Female
Birth[1] 23 Jun 1763 Les Trois-Îlets, Le Marin, Martinique
Death[1] 29 May 1814 Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France


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Joséphine de Beauharnais (; née Tascher de la Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French. Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she was imprisoned in the Carmes prison until her release five days after Alexandre's execution.

Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoléon III. Through her son, Eugène, she was the great-grandmother of later Swedish and Danish kings and queens. The reigning houses of Belgium, Norway and Luxembourg also descend from her.

She did not bear Napoleon any children; as a result, he divorced her in 1810 to marry Marie Louise of Austria.

Joséphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written by Napoleon, many of which still exist. Her Chateau de Malmaison was noted for its magnificent rose garden, which she supervised closely, owing to her passionate interest in roses, collected from all over the world.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joséphine de Beauharnais, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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