Several accounts identify his paternal grandmother with Aimée du Buc de Rivéry, a cousin of Joséphine de Beauharnais.

De Beauharnais's widow, Rose-Marie Josèphe de Tascher de Beauharnais would later be known to the world as Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of the French.

One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII ( who had blessed the regalia ), at the Notre Dame de Paris | Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The painting by Jacques-Louis David | David commemorating the event is equally famous: the gothic cathedral restyled Empire ( style ) | style Empire, supervised by the Letizia Ramolino | mother of the Emperor on the balcony ( a fictional addition, while she had not been present at the ceremony ), the pope positioned near the altar, Napoleon proceeds to crown his then wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais as Empress.

* 1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

* March 9 – Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte.

March 9: Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon I of France | Napoleon Bonaparte

* May 29 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France ( born 1763 )

* December 13 – Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais marries Joséphine Tascher.

* The Burning of Troy, the now-lost opal presented to Joséphine de Beauharnais by Napoleon I of France and the first named opal

His room was cleaned, and during the day he was visited by his new attendant, a creole and a compatriot of Joséphine de Beauharnais, named Jean Jacques Christophe Laurent ( 1770 – 1807 ).

In 1780, Anne Nompar de Caumont de La Force, comtesse de Balbi entered the service of Marie Joséphine.

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.

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.

Joséphine de Beauharnais (; née Tascher de la Pagerie ; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814 ) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French.

Joséphine caught Napoléon in the bedroom of her lady-in-waiting, Elisabeth de Vaudey, and Napoléon threatened to divorce her as she had not produced an heir.

Eugène's son Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg married into the Russian Imperial family, was granted the style of Imperial Highness and founded the Russian line of the Beauharnais family, while Eugene ` s daughter Joséphine, married King Oscar I of Sweden, the son of Napoléon's one-time fiancée, Désirée Clary.

* Joséphine de Beauharnais ( de Tascher de la Pagerie ) ( in French ).

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Upon his return, Bonaparte expressed fury at Joséphine for purchasing such an expensive house with the money she had expected him to bring back from the Egyptian campaign.

Splashed with water in a narrow Paris street, Napoleon is noticed by Joséphine de Beauharnais ( Gina Manès ) and Paul Barras ( Max Maxudian ) as they step from a carriage on their way into the house of Mademoiselle Lenormand ( Carrie Carvalho ), the fortune teller.

Considering Joséphine as too close to the counter-revolutionary financial circles, the Committee ordered her arrest on 19 April 1794.

Désirée was presented to Napoleon Bonaparte, to whom she became engaged on 21 April 1795 ; but upon becoming involved with Joséphine de Beauharnais, whom he married on 9 March 1796, Bonaparte broke off his engagement with Désirée.

Delphine and her Irish-American partner, James O ' Hare, have a daughter, Joséphine ( born on 17 October 2003 ), and a son, Oscar ( born on 28 April 2008 ).

On 22 April 1798, Lavalette was married to Émilie de Beauharnais ( 1781 – 1855 ), niece of Napoléon's wife Joséphine.

The Empress Joséphine proposed the marriage as a way to produce an heir for the Emperor, who agreed, as Joséphine was by then infertile.

As Empress, Joséphine was popular, known for kindness and generosity to foundlings.

Two years later Napoleon arranged for Joséphine to meet the young prince " who had cost her so many tears ".

He began proceedings to divorce Joséphine de Beauharnais, who could not bear him a son, and began searching for a new empress.

Joséphine wrote: " I wish that Malmaison may soon become the source of riches for all France "... Napoleon Crossing the Alps, a Jacques-Louis David painting from the Malmaison collection.

In 1800, Joséphine built a heated orangery large enough for 300 pineapple plants.

In 1779, the future Joséphine de Beauharnais, first Empress of the French, sailed for France to meet her husband for the first time.

Château de Malmaison, 1800, room for the Empress Joséphine, on the cusp between Directoire style and Empire style

But the styles worn in portraits by Juliette Récamier, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Thérésa Tallien and other Parisian trend-setters were for going-out in public as well.

In an archive room filled with the files of condemned prisoners, clerks Bonnet ( Boris Fastovich-Kovanko ) and La Bussière ( Jean d ' Yd ) work secretly with Fleuri to destroy ( by eating ) some of the dossiers including those for Napoleon and Joséphine.

The next day, Joséphine arrives with Eugène to thank Napoleon for this kindness to her only son.

The general staff officers wait for hours while Napoleon clumsily tries to convey his feelings for Joséphine.

In trade for agreeing to marry Napoleon, Joséphine demands of Barras that he place Napoleon in charge of the French Army of Italy.

That night, Violine and Joséphine both prepare for the wedding bed.

Formerly Louise had regularly referred to him as " the Monster ", but nevertheless made a request for a private interview with the emperor, whereon she threw herself at his feet ; though he was impressed by her grace and determination, Napoleon refused to make any concessions, writing back to his wife Empress Joséphine that Louise " is really charming and full of coquettishness toward me.

It is now known that Joséphine and Madame de Rémusat had begged Bonaparte for mercy towards the duke ; but nothing would bend his will.

Rueil is famous for the Château de Malmaison where Napoleon and his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais lived.

This circumstance, together with her refusal to act as lady-in-waiting to Empress consort Joséphine de Beauharnais and her friendship for Germaine de Staël, brought her under suspicion.

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (; 25 December 191131 May 2010 ), was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman.