Hortense de Beauharnais
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Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1800–10
Portrait Hortense with her second son, Napoléon Louis, by François Gérard, 1807
Hortense in 1808 (portrait by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson)
The Divorce of the Empress Josephine by Henri Frédéric Schopin, 1846. Hortense accompanies her mother for the signing of the official divorce from Napoleon in 1809.
Louis Bonaparte
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Louis Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland. In that capacity, he was known as L
Hortense de Beauharnais
…Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation: ; née de Beauharnais, pronounced ; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napoléon I's brother…
Portrait of Louis Bonaparte by Charles Howard Hodges, 1809
Louis Bonaparte, Constable of the Empire by François Gérard, 1806
Louis defends Dutch independence against Napoleon. Painted by ten Kate
Portrait of Louis Bonaparte in Rome after his abdication, wearing the uniform of a Dutch cavalry general (Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, c. 1813)