Hortense was introduced as a relatively well-connected member of her family.

Hortense was born in 1876 in Glasgow, Scotland as the youngest child of Fergus McDuck and Downy O ' Drake.

Hortense was born in a working-class family living in relative poverty.

At the time Hortense was merely an infant sucking on her thumb.

From an early age it was obvious Hortense had a fairly nasty temper combined with considerable strength.

In the notes to the Danish publication of the story ( Hall of Fame-Don Rosa Book 10 ), it is stated that the publisher decided that Hortense was " officially dead ".

In this story, it is shown that she was hired by her nephew Donald Duck ( son of Hortense ) to tend the McDuck castle in Scotland.

However, in the commentary in the American printing of the story, Don Rosa states that he was prevented from using Hortense because he would have had to explain why she had abandoned her family.

In the notes to the Danish publication of the story ( Hall of Fame-Don Rosa Book 10 ), it is stated that the publisher decided that Hortense was " officially dead ".

The character was closely modeled after Offenbach's female star Hortense Schneider, and Offenbach's librettist Ludovic Halévy gave Émile Zola the details.

Hortense, who was opposed to the marriage at first, was persuaded by her mother to marry Louis for the sake of the family, and she did so.

This latter was too much for his wife Hortense who, in France at the time of his demands, refused his request.

Hortense bore Louis's sons Napoleon Charles Bonaparte and Napoleon Louis Bonaparte in Paris, while Louis was in Holland.

In 1806, Louis called for his son to be sent to him in Holland, but he was again refused by Hortense, who believed that her son would never be returned to France.

Louis was married on 4 January 1802, to Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of the deceased general Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and his wife Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie.

Thus Hortense was also Louis's step-niece.

Napoleon III, known as " Louis-Napoléon " prior to becoming Emperor, was the nephew of Napoleon I by his brother Louis Bonaparte, who married Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter by the first marriage of Napoleon's wife Joséphine de Beauharnais.

Louis-Napoléon also harboured a lifelong suspicion about his legitimacy, although most historians have concluded that he was conceived by Louis Bonaparte and Hortense.

Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte () ( née de Beauharnais, ) ( 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837 ), Queen Consort of Holland, was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoleon I, being the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

Hortense was born in Paris, France on 10 April 1783, the daughter of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie.

Hortense was an accomplished amateur musical composer and supplied the army of her stepfather with rousing marches, including Partant pour la Syrie.

Queen Hortense was pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome from the public.

Hortense returned temporarily to the Netherlands, but on 1 June 1810, she was allowed to leave again on the pretext of her health.

While in France, the Monroes ' daughter Eliza became friends with Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon, and both girls received their education in the school of Madame Jeanne Campan, who had been an advisor on court etiquette to Marie Antoinette.

When Hortense marries Steinbock, Bette feels as though she has been robbed.

The introduction to Aphra Behn's " The History of the Nun " has been taken as a suggestion that Behn too had romantic relations with Hortense during this same time.

Occasional literary references point to the novel and, naturally the classics and we know of family visits especially with Madame Pisani ( of whom he appears to have been extraordinarily fond ) " to view the paintings " He was, presumably, culturally no different to any other highly educated European gentleman. Invitations are to be found among the papers in the Royal Irish Academy-to M. Gounod's " Sappho ", first performed in Paris in 1851, Verdi's " Rigoletto " Il Trovatore ", " La Traviata and Les Vespres Siciliennes ", Schumann's " Manfred "; Donizetti's " Lucia di Lammermoor " and Berlioz ' " The Infant Christ ". Such advanced musical tastes and opportunities usually come early in life and by were presumably instilled in Hortense and Henry by the Pisani's rather than by Haliday's provincial and decidedly dour family. It is worth noting, but no more, that Giacomo Puccini, the Italian opera composer, was born in Lucca, Haliday's other home town in 1859.

Other street names are believed to have been inspired by his grandchildren: Matilda, Hortense, Emily, Elizabeth, Francis, Eleanor, Florence, Margaret, and Eugenia.

After an enduring battle fought pretty much against Scrooge alone, eventually the President's troops fold against the infamous temper of Scrooge's sister Hortense.

He was the only child of Hortense and Dwight Daigle.

She was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, the third child and only daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, Sr. ( July 19, 1874 – July 18, 1934 ), a traveling salesman for Royal Rubber Co., and his wife, Hortense ( née Neahr ; July 11, 1884 – November 20, 1948 ).

The highly erotic way Offenbach's operettas were originally played, with stars like Hortense Schneider — or the legendary courtesan Cora Pearl, who appeared in a revival of Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers in 1867 completely covered in diamonds and little else — created a scandalized reaction from certain parts of the general public.

He socialised with actress Lillie Langtry ; Lady Randolph Churchill ( mother of Winston Churchill ); Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick ; actress Sarah Bernhardt ; noblewoman Susan Pelham-Clinton ; singer Hortense Schneider ; prostitute Giulia Barucci ; wealthy humanitarian Agnes Keyser ; and Alice Keppel.

When Louis appealed to his brother Napoleon for help, Napoleon sided with Hortense.

Nevertheless, she hated her stay there because of her bad relationship with Louis: The couple lived in different parts of the palace and avoided each other at every opportunity, with Hortense describing herself as a prisoner.

Hortense cleverly disguised her pregnancy ( she was by then, in her sixth month ), during the baptism of Napoleon's son, Napoleon II when she was chosen to be one of the child's godmothers, an honour she shared with Madame Mère, mother of the Emperor.

It was one of three portraits given by Hortense to Monroe's daughter Eliza, who went to school with Hortense in France.

This simultaneity both appears playfully, in his Hortense novels, Our Beautiful Heroine, Hortense in Exile, and Hortense is Abducted, and with gravity and reflection in The Great Fire of London, considered the pinnacle of his prose.

Act I begins when Hortense orders a costume for " a Miss Polly Browne " and Maisie and the other girls ( Dulcie, Nancy, and Fay ) sing the ironic " Perfect Young Ladies " with Hortense.

" They are at the verge of kissing when Hortense interrupts them and is shocked to find Polly with a poor messenger boy.

After Tony and Polly leave, Hortense sings how everything is " Nicer in Nice " with the ensemble.

Hortense tells Mme Dubonnet to persuade Polly to stay, so Polly sings " Poor Little Pierrette " with Mme Dubonnet.

He used to be reader and friend of Hortense Mancini, duchesse de Mazarin, who took him with her to England ( 1675 ).

Late on September 15, Hortense transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and subsequently merged with a frontal system about 24 hours later.

Early on September 8, Hortense struck Guadeloupe with winds of 60 mph ( 95 km / h ).

At 0000 UTC on September 13, Hortense attained its peak intensity with a maximum sustained wind speed of 140 mph ( 220 km / h ) and a minimum barometric pressure of.

Early on September 15, Hortense made its final landfall near West Quoddy, Nova Scotia with winds of 75 mph ( 120 km / h ).

Before Hortense struck Puerto Rico, the local National Weather Service office warned of the potential of heavy rainfall exceeding, with higher totals in the mountains.