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Eugène de Beauharnais

Josephine’s eldest child was Eugène de Beauharnais.  He was less than 18 months older than his sister Hortense and they

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Hortense de Beauharnais

When Napoleon married Josephine she was a widow with a 14 year old son Eugène and 12 year old daughter

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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 meets Napoleon

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

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Josephine’s Beds

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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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