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About Hortense de Beauharnais
Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napoléon I's brother, Louis, making her Napoleon's sister-in-law. She became queen consort of Holland when Louis was made King of Holland in 1806. She and Louis had three sons: Napoléon-Charles Bonaparte; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French; and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte. She also had an illegitimate son, Charles, Duc de Morny, with her lover, the Comte de Flahaut.
Everything about Hortense de Beauharnais →- Occupation
- composer
- Position held
- queen consort
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- April 10, 1783
- Died
- October 5, 1837