Roi de Rome

Marie-Louise’ magnificent bed at Compiegne has the baldequin held by cherubs (the theme of the décor is abundance and fertility)

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

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

Madame de Montesquiou ordered another rocking cradle in elm wood trimmed with laurels (the Roman emblem of victory). As usual,

The Joseph Franque portrait of Marie-Louise and her son is in the Versailles collection Shortly before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette

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

Henri IV cradle at the Chateau de Pau During the Middle Ages, it was common for the whole family to