Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg

Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg
Prince of Venice, Grand Duke of Frankfurt, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince of Eichstätt
1810 portrait of Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, by Andrea Appiani.
Viceroy of Italy
Term	5 June 1805 – 11 April 1814
Monarch	Napoleon I
Duke of Leuchtenberg Prince of Eichstätt
Tenure	14 November 1817 – 21 February 1824
Successor	Auguste de Beauharnais
Born	3 September 1781 Paris, France
Died	21 February 1824(1824-02-21) (aged 42) Munich, Bavaria
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Bavaria (m 14 January 1806)
Issue	Josephine, Queen of Sweden Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, Prince Consort of Portugal Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodolinde, Countess Wilhelm of Württemberg Princess Carolina Maximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Full name
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais
House	Beauharnais
Father	Alexandre de Beauharnais
Mother	Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie
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Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (Eugène Rose; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte. Under the French Empire he also became Napoleon's adopted son (but not the heir to the imperial throne). He was Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy under his stepfather, from 1805 to 1814, and commanded the Army of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. On 14 November 1817, he was created the 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg.

Marriage

On 14 January 1806, he married Princess Augusta of Bavaria, daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Issue

1. Josephine of Leuchtenberg 14 March 1807  – 7 June 1876) married Oscar I of Sweden and had issue.
2. Eugénie de Beauharnais (22 December 1808  – 1 September 1847) married Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen but had no issue.
3. Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg (9 December 1810  – 28 March 1835) married Maria II of Portugal but had no issue.
4. Amélie de Beauharnais (31 July 1812  – 26 January 1873) married Pedro I of Brazil and had issue.
5. Théodolinde de Beauharnais (13 April 1814  – 1 April 1857) married Count Wilhelm of Württemberg and had issue.
6. Caroline Clotilde de Beauharnais (1816  – 1816) died in infancy.
7. Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (2 October 1817  – 1 November 1852) married Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia and had issue.

Titles and styles

• 14 June 1804  – 5 June 1805 His Imperial Highness Eugène, French Prince.
• 5 June 1805 – 1807 His Imperial Highness Eugène, French Prince and Viceroy of Italy.
• 1807  – 1810 His Imperial Highness Eugène, French Prince and Viceroy of Italy and Prince of Venice
• 1810  – 1814 His Imperial Highness Eugène, French Prince and Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice and Grand Duke of Frankfurt.
• 14 November 1817  – 21 February 1824 His Royal Highness Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstätt.