Joséphine
de Beauharnais 1763-1814
Josephine's original
name was Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie and her parents
weren't rich.
Josephine was a girl from Martinique.
She became
Napoleon Bonaparte's
escort and empress of the French on March 9, 1796.
Josephine had been previously married to one
Alexandre de Beauharnais
and together with this Alexandre she had two children,
Hortense
and Eugène.
Daughter Hortense later married
Napoleon III.
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