napoleon's women
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A ppt on Napoleon and women who have influenced his life, career etc.TRANSCRIPT
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Napoleon’s Women
Romana Habanova III.C
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„Women are nothing but machines for producing children.“
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23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814 3 December 1779: Married
Alexandre de Beauharnais because of financial reasons (executed 1794)
Had affairs with several leading political figures (including Napoleon)
9 March 1796: Married Napoleon
1804: Proclaimed the Empress of France
1809: Divorced Napoleon
Joséphine de Beauharnais
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15 March 1778: Born as Pauline
Bellisle in southern France 30 November 1798: First met Napoleon
in Cairo when she accompanied her husband on a campaign & became his mistress soon after
After the return from the campaign she led a colorful life as a painter, a harp player, a writer and a businesswoman - moved to Brasil to sell exotic wood to France
1837: Returned to Paris and lived in an apartment surrounded by monkeys (!)
Pauline Fourès-
Napoleon’s Cleopatra
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12 December 1791 – 17
December 1847 The eldest child
of Habsburg Emperor Francis I of Austria and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
11 March 1810: Was married to Napoleon by proxy and became Empress of the French and Queen of Italy
March 27: Met her husband for the 1st time
Marie LouiseDuchess of Parma
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Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha Lucia von Habsburg-Lothringen
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20 March 1811: gave birth to a son Napoléon
François Joseph Charles Bonaparte – King of Rome
Was rather reserved, polite, never interfered in politics, a devoted mother
After Napoleon’s death twice remarried and had three more children
"You are much better-looking than your portrait."
Georges Rouget, Marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise (1811)
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7 December 1786 – 11 December
1817 1805: Married a wealthy landovner
Colonna-Walewski, gave birth to (illegitimate?) son
1806: Met Napoleon and became his mistress (patriotic reasons)
Had 2 other children - Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski fathered by Napoleon and Rodolphe d'Ornano (whose descendants created brand Sisley) fathered by her 3rd husband
Marie Walewska
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