Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo - Broadwood square piano 1822

Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo QUEEN HORTENSE & HER MUSIC Paula Bär-Giese soprano & pianist: Palace 't Loo Apeldoorn - The Netherlands High bitrate QuickTime performance: http://web.me.com/hortense1/Musicksmonument_movies/Beethoven.html Foundation Musick's Monument HD highbitrate QuickTime movies 1248x702: http://web.me.com/hortense1/Musicksmonument-HD-movies/HD_Video_projects.html Ludwig van Beethoven Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, Countess of Saint-Leu (April 10, 1783 - October 5, 1837), was the wife of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland and the mother of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Hortense was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and of his wife Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie. In 1794 her father was executed during the Reign of Terror. Two years later her mother married Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1802 at Napoleon's request, Hortense married his brother Louis Bonaparte. The couple had three sons: • Napoléon Louis Charles (October 10, 1802 - May 5, 1807) • Napoléon Louis (October 11, 1804 - March 17, 1831) • Charles Louis Napoléon, later Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (20 April 1808- 9 January 1873) In 1806 Napoleon appointed his brother Louis, King of Holland. Hortense accompanied her husband to The Hague, in spite of the fact that their marriage was an unhappy one (the paternity of at least one of Hortense's sons has been questioned). In 1810 Louis abdicated as King of Holland and settled in Germany; Hortense, on the other hand, returned with her sons to France. In 1811 Hortense gave birth to a son by her lover, Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut: • Charles Auguste Louis Joseph (October 21, 1811 - March 10, 1865), later made duc de Morny by his half-brother, Napoleon III.