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Eugène Rose de Beauharnais ( [øʒɛn də boaʁnɛ]; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Daughter of Alexandre and Joséphine de Beauharnais (qq.v). In 1802 she married Napoleon (q.v.)'s brother, Louis Bonaparte; the couple had three sons, including Charles Louis Napoleon, the future Emperor Napoleon III (q.v.). In 1806 Louis was made King of Holland by his brother and Hortense, as Queen of Holland, settled in the Hague. When Louis ...
Séduisante, intelligente et cultivée, Hortense était pour Louis une femme mal assortie. Celui-ci, d’un caractère difficile et complexe, était incapable d’apprécier les qualités de son épouse, et leur mariage ne fut jamais qu’une affaire chancelante, ponctuée de longues périodes de séparation. De 1802 jusqu’en septembre 1807 ...
Eugène de Beauharnais. Born in 1781, Eugène de Beauharnais became aide-de-camp to his stepfather Bonaparte in 1797. He served in Egypt and at the Battle of Marengo and pursued a distinguished military career before being named Viceroy of Italy, a daunting task which he fulfilled to the best of his abilities and the relative freedom given to him by the Emperor.
Hortense de Beauharnais became the first queen of Holland in 1806 when her husband Louis Napoleon ascended the throne. In this portrait, she wears a tiara adorned with pearls, a royal jewel. However, her husband’s reign lasted for only four years, after which De Beauharnais settled on her own in Switzerland. She was a gifted musician and composer, and the cultural gatherings she organized in ...
On 22 July Hortense's father Alexandre de Beauharnais is executed, together with Prince Frederick and some 44 others. Hortense’s mother Rose really fears for her life now, expecting that she will be next. It is only because of the sudden downfall and execution of Robespierre on 28 July 1794 that her life is saved.
