Joséphine de Beauharnais
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| Joséphine de Beauharnais | |
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| Tenure | 18 May 1804 – 29 May 1814 |
| Coronation | 2 December 1804 |
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| Tenure | 26 May 1805 – 29 May 1814 |
| Spouse | Alexandre de Beauharnais Napoleon I |
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| Eugène de Beauharnais Hortense de Beauharnais |
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| Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie | |
| House | Tascher de la Pagerie House of Beauharnais House of Bonaparte |
| Father | Joseph Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie |
| Mother | Rose Claire des Vergers de Sannois |
| Born | 23 June 1763 Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique |
| Died | May 29, 1814 (aged 50) Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joséphine de Beauharnais (23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. This made her the first Empress of the French. Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
She did not have any children with Napoleon. Because of this he divorced her in 1810. Then he married Marie Louise of Austria.
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