Person:Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1)

Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
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Name Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Oct 1817 München, Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany
Marriage to Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Death[1] 1 Nov 1852 Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Reference Number? Q442284?


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Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince Romanowsky (2 October 1817 – 1 November 1852) was the husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia and first cousin of Emperors Napoleon III of the French and Francis Joseph I of Austria. He was a grandson of Napoleon I's first wife, the Empress Josephine, by her prior marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais.

A student of Moritz von Jacobi, he is known as one of pioneers in galvanoplasty and an expert in copper and bronze metalworks generally, as well as an art collector.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.