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Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɑ̃s øʒeni sesil bɔnapaʁt]; née de Beauharnais, pronounced [də boaʁnɛ]; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland.
Hortense was the queen of Holland, stepdaughter of Napoleon I, and mother of Napoleon III. The daughter of the future empress Joséphine and of her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Hortense became one of the attractions of the court after Napoleon became first consul of the French in 1799.
French composer, artist, queen and regent of Holland, and mother of Napoleon III. Name variations: Hortense, Queen of Holland; Hortense Beauharnais; Hortense Bonaparte; Eugenie Hortense de Beauharnais. Born Eugénie Hortense de Beauharnais in Paris, France, on April 10, 1783; died in Arenenberg, Switzerland, on October 5, 1837; daughter of ...
In the summer of 1795, Hortense was sent to the Institution Nationale de Saint-Germain (a girls’ school) founded and directed by Madame Campan, ex-First Lady-in-waiting to Marie-Antoinette. Hortense was to find here a climate of confidence which gave her room to blossom.
Hortense de Beauharnais, reine de Hollande (1806-1810), duchesse de Saint-Leu (Saint-Leu-la-Forêt) , née le 10 avril 1783 à Paris et morte le 5 octobre 1837 au château d'Arenenberg dans le canton de Thurgovie en Suisse, est un membre de la famille impériale française, fille de Joséphine de Beauharnais et mère de l'empereur ...
Hortense de Beauharnais, Duchess de Saint-Leu, former Queen of Holland, and the first owner of Arenenberg Castle of the Bonaparte family, was born in 1783. With the second marriage of her mother, Josephine de
Hortense de Beauharnais (ôrtäNs´ də bōärnā´), 1783–1837, queen of Holland (1806–10), daughter of Alexandre and Josephine de Beauharnais and wife of Louis Bonaparte. She was the mother of Napoleon III and—by her lover, the comte de Flahaut—of the duc de Morny .
Countess de Beauharnais, Madame Bonaparte, Queen Hortense, Première Dame de France (First Lady of France) and finally Duchess of St. Leu are just some of the titles by which Queen Hortense was known in the course of her fateful life. They exemplify a biography that could not have been more poignant.
A short biography of Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837), Queen of Holland, adopted daughter and sister-in-law of Napoleon.
Eugène remained the close friend and confidant of his sister Hortense, who he visited at her retreat in Arenenberg, but he died prematurely in Munich where he was buried in 1824. One of his daughters, Joséphine de Leuchtenberg, married the Swedish Prince Oscar Bernadotte who ruled from 1844 to 1859.
