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Before she met Napoleon, she went by the name of Rose, or Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, later de Beauharnais. She sometimes reverted to using her maiden name in later life. After her marriage to then-General Bonaparte, she adopted the name Joséphine Bonaparte.
Nov 23, 2023 · After their divorce, Josephine moved to Château de Malmaison and continued to receive letters from Napoleon, retaining her title of Empress. Josephine died at the age of 50 from pneumonia, and Napoleon was devastated by the news, refusing to speak for two days.
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Aug 6, 2024 · Joséphine herself was imprisoned, but, after the coup d’état of 9 Thermidor (July 27) put an end to the Terror, she was released and by the time of the inauguration of the Directory was a leader of Paris society.
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Nov 20, 2023 · Napoleon's Bloodless Coup. Napoleon Wrote Joséphine Besotted Letters. Joséphine did not immediately take to the prospect of Napoleon as a husband, allegedly calling him a “puss in boots” and...
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Nov 24, 2023 · Josephine died of pneumonia in the town of Rueil-Malmaison in France on May 29, 1814. After divorcing Napoleon, she lived in the Château de Malmaison, and although the two were no longer...
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Nov 21, 2023 · When Vanessa Kirby was announced to play Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, it caused a ripple of surprise among historians. Kirby is considerably younger than the actor in title role,...
Joséphine de Beauharnais was the first wife of the Emperor Napoleon I and consequently the Empress of the French from 1804 to 1809.