Boudoir
A small boudoir is next to the bedroom. It is furnished as it was during the stay of the Spanish
Roi de Rome’s Cradle
Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon. He was keen to have an heir but initially
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).
Josephine the “Marvellous”
Theresa Tallien In prison at the Carmes, Josephine also met Theresa Tallien an aristocrat who had married one of the
Josephine meets Napoleon
Napoleon was madly in love with his new wife and constantly wrote her steamy love letters from Italy. He was
Empress Josephine
The huge (almost 10 meters long) painting by of Napoleon’s coronation, by Jacques-Louis David. It shows Napoleon crowning Josephine as
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
Fontainebleau
Josephine’s official bed at Fontainebleau. It took 20 years (mid 1960’s to mid 1980’s) for the silk to be rewoven