Joséphine de Beauharnais

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.

Joséphine de Beauharnais
Empress consort of the French
Tenure	18 May 1804 – 29 May 1814
Coronation	2 December 1804
Queen consort of Italy
Tenure	26 May 1805 – 29 May 1814
Born	(1763-06-23)23 June 1763 Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique
Died	29 May 1814(1814-05-29) (aged 50) Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France
Spouse	Alexandre de Beauharnais Napoleon I
Issue	Eugène de Beauharnais Hortense de Beauharnais
Full name 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
Religion	Roman Catholic

She did not have any children with Napoleon, as a result, he divorced her in 1810. Then he married Marie Louise of Austria.

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