Hortense de Beauharnais
Queen consort of Holland from 1806 to 1810 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɑ̃s øʒeni sesil bɔnapaʁt]; née de Beauharnais, pronounced [də boaʁnɛ]; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. 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 Bonaparte, who had been made King of Holland, making her her stepfather’s sister-in-law. She was the mother of Napoléon III, Emperor of the French; Louis II of Holland; and Napoléon Louis Charles Bonaparte who died at the age of four. She also had an illegitimate son, Charles, Duke of Morny, with her lover, the Comte de Flahaut.
Hortense de Beauharnais | |
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Duchess of Saint-Leu | |
Queen consort of Holland | |
Tenure | 5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810 |
Born | 10 April 1783 Paris, France |
Died | 5 October 1837 (aged 54) Arenenberg, Thurgau, Switzerland |
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Spouse | |
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House | Beauharnais |
Father | Alexandre de Beauharnais |
Mother | Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie |
Royal styles of Queen Hortense of Holland | |
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Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |