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Joséphine Bonaparte (French: [ʒozefin bɔnapaʁt], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) 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.
The romantic relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais from 1795 to 1814; Napoleon and Josephine, a 1965 historical novel by Frances Mossiker; Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story, a 1987 television miniseries; Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2), a 2009 compilation album by Sun City Girls
The Divorce of the Empress Josephine (French: Le divorce de l'Impératrice Joséphine) is an 1846 history painting by the French artist Henri Frédéric Schopin. [1] It depicts the formal divorce of Joséphine de Beauharnais from her husband Napoleon , Emperor of France , at the Tuileries Palace in Paris on 15 December 1809. [ 2 ]
Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Alexandre-Francois-Marie, Vicomte de Beauharnais by Georges Rouget (1834). Alexandre François Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ də boaʁnɛ]; 28 May 1760 – 23 July 1794) was a French politician and general of the French Revolution.
When one of her sons, Napoleon-Louis (Louis II of Holland), died in the Italian revolt against Austrian rule, she and her youngest son Louis-Napoleon escaped to France in April 1831. [13] They reached Paris later that month, where Hortense discreetly contacted the new King of the French Louis-Philippe asking for passports so that she and her ...
Josephine and the Fortune-Teller is an 1837 history painting by the British artist David Wilkie. [1] It depicts a story about the young Joséphine de Beauharnais visiting a fortune teller on her native island of Martinique , who predicts her future in France as the wife of Emperor Napoleon .
Joséphine de Beauharnais at Malmaison in 1801 by François Gérard Napoleon Crossing the Alps, a painting by Jacques-Louis David from the Malmaison collection. Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon I of France, at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign.