Josephine

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Napoleon

2021 was the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death in exile on Saint Helena. When I initially took an interest in travel

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Josephine – Before Napoleon

Rose de Beauharnais Marie-Rose-Josèphe Tascher de La Pagerie was born in Martinique in 1763 (six years before Napoleon was born).

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Josephine the “Marvellous”

Theresa Tallien In prison at the Carmes, Josephine also met Theresa Tallien an aristocrat who had married one of the

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Josephine meets Napoleon

Napoleon was madly in love with his new wife and constantly wrote her steamy love letters from Italy. He was

Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Coronation_of_Napoleon_(1805-1807)

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Empress Josephine

The huge (almost 10 meters long) painting by of Napoleon’s coronation, by Jacques-Louis David. It shows Napoleon crowning Josephine as

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Josephine’s Beds

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The Turkish Boudoir

Marie-Antoinette’s Turkish Boudoir at Fontainebleau. At that time the alcove contained a divan. When Josephine arrived at Fontainebleau, Marie-Antoinette’s Turkish

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Fontainebleau

Josephine’s official bed at Fontainebleau. It took 20 years (mid 1960’s to mid 1980’s) for the silk to be rewoven

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Malmaison

Five years after the ceremony which made Josephine an Empress, Napoleon decided to divorce her so he could produce an