de Beauharnais, Joséphine

has biography | a une biographie: Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie was born in 1763 in Trois-Ilets, Martinique, on the family home. In 1779, at the age of 16, she married Alexandre de Beauharnais in France, from a noble family of landowners in Saint-Domingue. The marriage went badly, but the couple had two children, Hortense and Eugène. After her husband's execution in 1794, she became a prominent figure in the Directoire. It was here that she met Napoleon Bonaparte, a rising officer. They married in 1796. Although she played a central role in Bonaparte's political rise through her connections, she had little influence on his decision to re-establish slavery in 1802. Until her repudiation in 1809, Josephine was a key figure at court, helping to reconcile the regime with the former aristocratic elite. She died at the age of 51 in her estate at Malmaison.
was born | est né: 23 June 1763
died in | est mort par: 29 May 1814
has parent | a pour parent: Bonaparte, Napoléon; Wife of Napoléon Bonaparte
has nationality | a la nationalité: France
has type | est de type: depicted
has association with | a une association avec: Bonaparte, Napoléon

is referred to by | est référencé par: Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage.; Pierre Branda, Joséphine : le paradoxe du cygne, Paris, Perrin, coll. Tempus, 2020.
Pierre Branda et Thierry Lentz, Napoléon, l'esclavage et les colonies, Paris, Fayard, 2006.

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Statue of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Fort-de-France

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Bonaparte, Napoléon

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