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Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French: [øʒeni də mɔ̃tiʁo]), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853
Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920) was the youngest daughter of the Count of Teba and niece of the Count of Montijo, whose name her father obtained and by which she is improperly known today. After her marriage to Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, she became Empress of the French until 1873.
By the time Eugenie became Empress of the Second Empire in France, she was already ruling over a kingdom of ashes—and her fall from power was more than just the end of an era. Yet somehow this royal turmoil had absolutely nothing on the tormented secrets Eugenie hid behind bedroom doors.
En raison de la régence qu'elle exerça au cours de la guerre de 1870, elle est la dernière femme à avoir gouverné la France avec les prérogatives d'un chef d'État 1, 2 . Décédée en 1920, Eugénie de Montijo a connu la Première Guerre mondiale, la révolution russe, ou encore la création du cinéma .
May 1, 2024 · Eugénie (born May 5, 1826, Granada, Spain—died July 11, 1920, Madrid) was the wife of Napoleon III and empress of France (1853–70), who came to have an important influence on her husband’s foreign policy. Eugénie, detail of a portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter; in the Collection de Mouchy, Paris.
Winterhalter began an official portrait of Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, Condesa de Teba, 1826-1920) shortly after her marriage in 1853 to Napoleon III, emperor of France, but it was not exhibited until 1855. The present work is, in contrast, relatively intimate in scale and effect.
Empress of the French and wife of Napoleon III who, by her elegance and charm, contributed largely to the brilliancy of the imperial regime and showed calmness and courage in the face of the rising tide of revolution. Name variations: Eugenie de Montijo; Eugénie-Marie, Countess of Teba. Pronunciation: ou-JHAY-knee.
Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales, known as Eugénie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870.
From 1853 to 1870 Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her 'The only man in Paris'.
Impératrice des français. Vie à la cour. De 1853 à 1870. Son père, rallié à la France pendant les guerres napoléoniennes, fut donc l’un de ces afrancesados, mal venu du peuple espagnol et dont la famille dut se réfugier à Paris en 1834, au moment des guerres carlistes.
