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Who is Joséphine de Beauharnais?

« Joséphine de Beauharnais » n’a été appelée ainsi que durant les cinq dernières années de sa vie, après son divorce d’avec Napoléon. Du temps de son mariage avec Alexandre de Beauharnais, elle se prénomme Marie Josèphe Rose. C'est Napoléon qui lui donne le prénom de Joséphine.

Who was Joséphine Bonaparte?

... (Show more) Joséphine, original name Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, also called (1779–96) vicomtesse de Beauharnais or (1796–1804) Joséphine Bonaparte, (born June 23, 1763, Trois-Îlets, Martinique—died May 29, 1814, Malmaison, France), consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French.

Why did Joséphine de Beauharnais buy Malmaison?

Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon I of France, at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign. Malmaison was a run-down estate, seven miles (12 km) west of central Paris that encompassed nearly 150 acres (0.61 km 2) of woods and meadows.

Who crowned Joséphine the Empress of France?

Empress Josephine in coronation costume in 1807–1808 by François Gérard Napoleon was elected Emperor of the French in 1804, making Joséphine empress. The coronation ceremony, officiated by Pope Pius VII, took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, on December 2. Napoleon first crowned himself, then put the crown on Joséphine's head, proclaiming her empress.