Hortense de Beauharnais
Hortense de Beauharnais , 1783-1837, queen of Holland (1806-10), daughter of Alexandre and Josephine de Beauharnais and wife of Louis Bonaparte . She was the mother of Napoleon III and—by her lover, the comte de Flahaut—of the duc de Morny .
Bibliography: See C. Wright, Daughter to Napoleon (1961).
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The Palais Beauharnais, Paris.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...OMITTED] In 1803 the building was bought by Eugene de Beauharnais. He and his sister Hortense (1783-1837) were the children of Josephine de Beauharnais and vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760-1793), who had been guillotined during the...
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Malmaison.(Books about antiques.)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Martinique at the age of fifteen as the bride of Alexandre de Beauharnais, but she never lost her affection for the tropics she had...more than three million francs. Her children by Alexandre de Beauharnais, Eugene and Hortense, then sold the contents of Malmaison...
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(book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2001; ; 497 words
; ...woman. In this instance, it is a biography of Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte written for the general reader. Prior to her work...addition, Josephine was a victim. First, her husband Alexandre de Beauharnais, followed by various lovers, then Bonaparte and his family...
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Josephine as patroness of the arts.(Empress of France's patronage civilized her husband's court)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Josephine de Beauharnais (Pls. III, V), for thirteen years the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte...Bonaparte (as she always called him) and her two children, Eugene de Beauharnais (1781-1824) and Hortense (Pl. VIII), both of whom Napoleon adopted...
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Napoleon: His Wives and Women.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 2/1/2003; 168 words
; ...particular reference to the women who were most important in his life: his mother, his sisters; his first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais; and, finally, his second wife, Marie-Louise of Austria. In addition Mr Hibbert describes Napoleon's relations with his...
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Art note: the last display at the Hermitage Rooms.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/22/2007; 257 words
; ...proved too costly. Like Tsarina Catherine II, her grandson Alexander I collected collections, amongst them that of Josephine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. He presented her, on parting, with the Chateau de Malmaison and a number of precious...
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Napoleon III: the other Napoleon and his Empire.(Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Louis (Pl. III), one of Napoleon I's younger brothers, and Empress Josephine's daughter from her first marriage, Hortense de Beauharnais (Pl. IV). Ironically, the future Napoleon III was the first child of the new imperial dynasty to be born a prince, for his...
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Jewels of two empires: an exhibition at Malmaison of jewellery of the First and Second Empires is a poignant as well as an engrossing experience.(Exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...BENIE PAR LE PAPE PIE VII A PARIS LE 2 XBRE 1804. A faceted jet all-round crown belonging to the Queen of Holland, Hortense de Beauharnais, was part of a suite reserved for court mourning. Hortense's own sorrows are echoed by a gold and mother-of-pearl bracelet...
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Napoleon's fauteuil: from Paris to Point Breeze.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of Napoleon's first consort and arbiter of fashion, Marie Josephe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie, the widow of Alexandre de Beauharnais, whom he affectionately called Josephine (P1. XI, top). Napoleon, a brilliant military strategist and political opportunist...
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Los 758 amores de la hermana de Napoleón: célebre por su belleza, escandalizó a la corte francesa por sus numerosos amoríos, tolerados con gracia por el emperador, que sentía debilidad por ella y a quien la hermosa Paulina supo permanecer fiel hasta el final.(Paulina, Princesa de Francia)(Biografía)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 12/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...lloró semanas enteras. Para consolarla, Napoleón la llamó a su lado, en Italia --él mismo acababa de casarse con Josefina de Beauharnais, una hermosa viuda--, y le dijo: --Has cumplido 17 años y es tiempo de que te cases; te he buscado el marido ideal; si...
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Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Morny, duc de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, 1811-65, French statesman; illegitimate son of Hortense de Beauharnais and the comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie . After an army career (1830-38) during which he fought in North Africa, Morny entered...
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Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In 1792 she founded a school for girls at Saint-Germain, which Hortense de Beauharnais attended, and directed it until her appointment (1806) as principal...anecdotique (1824), and Correspondance inédite avec la reine Hortense (1835).
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Napoleon III
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte ) (1808–73) Emperor of the French (1852–70). He was the third son of Hortense de Beauharnais stepdaughter of NAPOLEON I and Louis Bonaparte (1778–1846), brother of Napoleon I and King of Holland...
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Josephine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Rose Tascher de la Pagerie in Martinique, she was married in 1779 to Alexandre de Beauharnais . Two children were born, Eugène (later viceroy of Italy) and Hortense (later queen of Holland). Josephine's husband was guillotined during the French...
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Louis Bonaparte
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Josephine arranged a marriage between Louis and Hortense de Beauharnais, Josephine's daughter by her first marriage...best available work on his unhappy marriage with Hortense de Beauharnais is Denis A. Bingham, The Marriages of the Bonapartes...
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