Hortense de Beauharnais

Piazza Venezia marks the physical center of Rome as well as being a square buzzing with activity and history. On the north end, where Pi...

Even today, in spite of its isolation, St. Helena welcomes a small but regular stream of French visitors who come to see the sites linke...

  Really beautiful pictures on this website: timetravelturtle Travel writer, Michael Turtle   The museum has taken many forms in ...

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Napoleon and Josephine decided that Hortense should marry Napoleon’s brother Louis, even though the two didn’t particularly like each other...

Wood violets were said to be a favorite of Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais, and after her death in the early 1800s, N...

De keizerin staat dit voorjaar centraal in de Amsterdamse Plantage. In dit samenwerkingsproject gaat de bezoeker mee naar het beroemde tu...

The engagement ring the young Napoleon “must have broken his wallet” to buy for his fiancee Josephine.   The golden ring is in an 18th...

The French Revolution Digital Archive ( FRDA ) is a multi-year collaboration of the Stanford University Libraries and the Bibliothèque nat...

  This lavender-coloured Manteau de Cour of moire silk is the only example in the Netherlands to date of a court train from the  perio...

Hippolyte Charles met the married Josephine Bonaparte in Paris at one of the soirees frequently given by Josephine’s friend Theresia Ta...

Sandra Gulland asked me an interesting question. See reactions. The letters Josephine supposed to have written  to Hippolyte Charles do...

DIVORCED. There is no doubt, however, that during these twelve months Josephine was in great financial difficulties. She had on her hands ...

Napoleon  didn't trust the bank saying: "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the ...

You mustn't forget that the military expeditions planned or led by Bonaparte (Italy or Santo Domingo) were organised for economic reaso...

Pentemont Abbey (French: Abbaye de Penthemont, or Pentemont, or Panthemont, or Pantemont ) is a set of 18th and 19th century buildings a...

Marmirolo, July 17, 1796 I got your letter, my beloved; it has filled my heart with joy. I am grateful to you for the trouble you have t...

The Incroyables ("incredibles") and their female counterparts, the Merveilleuses ("marvelous French Directory (1795–179...

During the First Empire it was granted to Napoleon 's ex-wife Joséphine , who was created Duchess of Navarre .When Josephine arrived...

  This photo shows the elaborate embroidery of this court dress of Joséphine's. empire-napoleonic

  Marie-Antoinette escaped from the stifling royal court life in Paris to Versailles , from the stifling court life...

The Josephine's House , building dating the XVIIIth century. Under the terror, Joséphine de Beauharnais left Paris with his two c...

This year marks the bicentennial of the death of Josephine Bonaparte, but Napoleon’s empress has been having a moment for some time now...

For those with more modest budgets, the house has released 10 bottles of Courvoisier Réserve 1978, housed in a “vintage” bottle dating fr...

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France — When Napoleon’s first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais, bought the Château de Malmaison as a country refuge for ...