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Eugène Rose de Beauharnais ([øʒɛn də boaʁnɛ]; 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.
Eugène de Beauharnais (born September 3, 1781, Paris, France—died February 21, 1824, Munich, Bavaria [now in Germany]) was a soldier, prince of the French First Empire, and viceroy of Italy for Napoleon I, who was his stepfather (from 1796) and adoptive father (from 1806).
The infancy of Eugène de Beauharnais and Hortense was much more marked by the death of their father, Alexandre, than by the poor state of relations.
Eugène de Beauharnais (özhĕn´ də bōärnā´), 1781–1824, French general; son of Alexandre and Josephine de Beauharnais (Empress Josephine). He served ably in the campaigns of his stepfather, Napoleon I , distinguishing himself at Marengo and Lützen, where he rallied the outnumbered troops, and in the Russian campaign.
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais 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.
A short biography (with portrait) of Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Napoleon's stepson.
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, né le 3 septembre 1781 à Paris et mort le 21 février 1824 à Munich, est un membre de la famille impériale française, fils adoptif de l'empereur Napoléon I er, avec qualification d'Altesse impériale, vice-roi d'Italie, prince de Venise, grand-duc de Francfort, duc de Leuchtenberg et prince d'Eichstätt.
EUGENE DE BEAUHARNAIS (1781-1824), step-son of Napoleon I., was born at Paris on the 3rd of September 17 81. He was the son of the general Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760-1794) and Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie.
Born in 1781, Eugène de Beauharnais became aide-de-camp to his stepfather Bonaparte in 1797. He served in Egypt and at the Battle of Marengo and pursued a distinguished military career before being named Viceroy of Italy, a daunting task which he fulfilled to the best of his abilities and the relative freedom given to him by the Emperor.
Eugéne de Beauharnais (1781-1824) was Napoleon’s step-son and an able soldier who spent much of his career as Viceroy of Italy. He was the son of General Alexandre de Beauharnais and Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, the future Empress Josephine.
