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Pauline’s Bed

Shortly before her marriage to the Italian Prince Camillo Borghese Pauline Bonaparte bought the Paris residence of the Dukes of

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Roi de Rome

Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon.   He was keen to have an heir but initially

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After Napoleon

Initially when Napoleon was exiled on Elba, he assumed Marie-Louise would join him there with their son.  To be fair,

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Napoleon II

Eight months after the King of Rome’s first—and only– stay at Compiègne, Napoleon headed off for the ill-fated campaign in

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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

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