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Joséphine de Beauharnais — Empress of the French, 1763–1814
A creole from Martinique and widow of General de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I and first Empress of the French; her marriage was dissolved for want of an heir. (Editorial synthesis)
Joséphine de Beauharnais married 2 times: Alexandre de Beauharnais (from 1779 to 1794, widowhood) and Napoleon I (from 1796 to 1809, dissolution). (source: Fondation Napoléon and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Joséphine de Beauharnais was born on 23 June 1763. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Joséphine de Beauharnais was born in Martinique. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
Joséphine de Beauharnais died on 29 May 1814. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Joséphine de Beauharnais died in Rueil-Malmaison. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
2 children of Joséphine de Beauharnais are recorded: Eugène de Beauharnais and Hortense de Beauharnais.
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