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Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais. By: Casey. Birth, death, & where she was born at. Birth; June 23, 1763 death; May 29, 1814 Where she was born at; Trois-Îlets, France. Family. Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher. Children; Hortenes de Beauharnais, & Eugene de Beauharnais.

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Joséphine de Beauharnais

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  1. Joséphine de Beauharnais By: Casey

  2. Birth, death, & where she was born at. • Birth; June 23, 1763 • death; May 29, 1814 • Where she was born at; Trois-Îlets, France

  3. Family Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher • Children; Hortenes de Beauharnais, & Eugene de Beauharnais. • Spouse(s) ; Napoleon Bonaparte & Alexander de Beauharnais • Parents ;Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois & Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher Alexander de Beauharnais Hortenes de Beauharnais Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois Eugene de Beauharnais. Napoleon

  4. Early life • Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie was born in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, France, to a slave-owning family that owned a sugar plantation. She was a daughter of Joseph- Gaspard de Tascher, chevalier, seigneur de la Pagerie, lieutenant of infantry of the navy, and his wife, the former Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois, whose maternal grandfather was English. The family struggled financially when hurricanes destroyed their estate in 1766. Edmée, Joséphine's paternal aunt, had been the mistress of François, vicomte de Beauharnais, a French aristocrat. When Francois' health began to fail, Edmée arranged the advantageous marriage of her niece Catherine- Désirée to François' son, Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais. This marriage would be highly beneficial for the Tascher family, because it would keep the de Beauharnais money in their hands. However, 12-year-old Catherine died on October 16, 1777, before even leaving Martinique for France. In service to their aunt Edmée's goals, Catherine was replaced by her older sister Joséphine.

  5. What she was most known for • Joséphine de Beauharnais was Napoleon Bonaparte’s wife and a French empress, whom Napolean replaced with another wife when she was unable to bear him a son

  6. Interesting facts • Josephine's sister, Catherine, was supposed to marry Alexandre, but she died before the marriage could take place so Josephine's father accompanied Josephine to France for the marriage. She was sixteen when she married Alexandre de Beauharnais. Josephine and Alexandre had a son named Eugene and a daughter named Hortense. Eugene eventually became Viceroy of Italy and Hortense became Queen of Holland. • The rose Souveir de la Malmaison appeared in 1844, 30 years after her death, named in her honor by a Russian Grand Duke planting one of the first specimens in the Imperial Garden in St. Petersburg. • Joséphine was described as being of average height, svelte, shapely, with silky, chestnut-brown hair, hazel eyes, and a rather sallow complexion. Her nose was small and straight, and her mouth was well-formed; however she kept it closed most of the time so as not to reveal her bad teeth.She was praised for her elegance, style, and low, "silvery", beautifully modulated voice.

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