After her marriage to the then General Bonaparte, she adopted the name Joséphine Bonaparte and the name of "Rose" faded into her past. In her life before Napoleon, the woman now known as Joséphine went by the name of Rose, or Marie-Rose, Tascher de la Pagerie, later de Beauharnais, and she sometimes reverted to using her maiden-name of Tascher de la Pagerie in later life. The Château de Malmaison was noted for its rose garden, which she supervised closely.Īlthough she is often referred to as "Joséphine de Beauharnais", it is not a name she ever used in her lifetime, as "Beauharnais" is the name of her first husband, which she ceased to use upon her marriage to Napoleon, taking the last name "Bonaparte" while she did not use the name "Joséphine" before meeting Napoleon, who was the first to begin calling her such, perhaps from a middle name of "Josèphe".
She became one of the leading collectors of different forms of art of her time, such as sculpture and painting. Joséphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written by Napoleon, many of which still exist.Ī patron of art, Joséphine worked closely with sculptors, painters and interior decorators to establish a unique Consular and Empire style at the Château de Malmaison. Because she did not bear Napoleon any children, he had their marriage annulled and married Marie Louise of Austria.
Members of the current royal families of Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway and the grand ducal family of Luxembourg also descend from her. Through her children by Beauharnais, she was the grandmother of the French emperor Napoleon III and the Brazilian empress Amélie of Leuchtenberg. Her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she was imprisoned in the Carmes Prison until five days after his execution.
Joséphine's marriage to Napoleon was her second. She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais ( French: ). As Napoleon's consort, she was also Queen of Italy from until the 1810 annulment. Joséphine Bonaparte ( French:, born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie 23 June 1763 – ) was Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I from until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810.
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