Joséphine de Beauharnais

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Joséphine
Viscountess of Beauharnais
Duchess of Navarre
Portrait by circa 1809.
Empress consort of the French
Tenure 18 May 1804 – 10 January 1810 or 14 December 1809
Coronation 2 December 1804
Queen consort of Italy
Tenure 26 May 1805 – 14 December 1809 or 10 January 1810
First Lady of Italy
Tenure 26 January 1802 – 17 March 1805
Born (1763-06-23)23 June 1763
Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique
Died 29 May 1814 (aged 50)
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Spouse Alexandre de Beauharnais (m 13 December 1779)
Napoleon, Emperor of the French (m 9 March 1796)
Issue Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg
Hortense, Queen of Holland
Full name
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Father Joseph Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Mother Rose Claire des Vergers de Sannois
Burial St Pierre-St Paul Church, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Signature
Religion Roman Catholicism

Joséphine Bonaparte ({Marie Josèphe Rose; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I. She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais



Titles and styles[edit]

  • 23 June 1763 – 13 December 1779 Mademoiselle Rose Tascher de La Pagerie.
  • 13 December 1779 – 23 July 1794 Madame The Viscountess of Beauharnais.
  • 23 July 1794 – 9 March 1796 Madame The Dowager Viscountess of Beauharnais.
  • 9 March 1796 – 18 May 1804 Madame Napoléon Bonaparte.
  • 18 May 1804 – 26 May 1805 Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of the French.
  • 26 May 1805 – 10 January 1810 Her Imperial and Royal Majesty The Empress of the French, Queen of Italy.
  • 10 January 1810 – 9 April 1810 Her Imperial Majesty ex-Empress Joséphine.
  • 9 April 1810 – 29 May 1814 Her Imperial Majesty ex-Empress Joséphine, The Duchess of Navarre.


Joséphine de Beauharnais
Tascher de La Pagerie
Born: 23 June 1763 Died: 29 May 1814
Royal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Marie Antoinette
as Queen consort of the French
Empress consort of the French
18 May 1804 – 10 January 1810
Vacant
Title next held by
Marie Louise of Austria
Preceded by Queen consort of Italy
26 May 1805 – 10 January 1810
French nobility
New title Duchess of Navarre
9 April 1810 – 29 May 1814
Succeeded by