Beauharnais

Beau·har·nais  (b-är-n), Alexandre de 1760-1794.

French soldier who fought with Rochambeau's troops in the American Revolution and later in France with the French Revolutionary army. He was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

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Beauharnais, Eugène de 1781-1824.

French soldier and statesman. Son of Alexandre and Josephine de Beauharnais, he was later adopted by Napoleon I and became viceroy and then heir apparent to the throne of Italy (1806).

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Beauharnais, Josephine de 1763-1814.

Empress of the French (1804-1809) as the wife of Napoleon I. Married first to Alexandre de Beauharnais, she wed Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796. The marriage was annulled (1809) because of her alleged infertility.

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Beauharnais (French) [boarnɛ]

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1. (Biographies / Beauharnais, Alexandre, Vicomte de (1760-1794) M, French, MILITARY: general) Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760-94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined

2. (Biographies / Beauharnais, Eugène de (1781-1824) M, French, MILITARY: soldier, POLITICS: statesman) his son, Eugène de (øʒɛn də). 1781-1824, viceroy of Italy (1805-14) for his stepfather Napoleon I

3. (Biographies / Beauharnais, Eugénie) Hortense de (1783-1837) F, French, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) (Eugénie) (øʒeni) Hortense de (ɔrtɑ̃s də). 1783-1837, queen of Holland (1806-10) as wife of Louis Bonaparte; daughter of Alexandre Beauharnais and sister of Eugène: mother of Napoleon III

4. (Biographies / Beauharnais, Joséphine de) Joséphine de (ʒozefin də). See (Empress)