Maria Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte 1750-1836. Letizia Buonaparte as Mother of the Emperor Maria Letizia Ramolino, married Letizia Buonaparte, called Madame Mère, was the mother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Maria Letizia was… Read More
A Favorite Occupation of Joséphine de Beauharnais. French first empire. (England: Regency, Georgian period) Joséphine de Beauharnais (born Marie Josephe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie; 1763-1814) was the wife of… Read More
Painting of the young Joséphine de Beauharnais (about 1790) before she became the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bonaparte in 1792 as a frequenter of a six-sous Restaurant in Paris.
Madame Bonaparte receiving Ambassadors at the Tuileries by Felician Myrbach. From the aquarelle by Felicien baron de Myrbach-Rheinfeld. Still holding Madame Bonaparte by the hand, Talleyrand would present the members of… Read More
The Empress Josephine in the Park at Malmaison (1809) by Pierre Prud’hon.
The Malmaison Castle (Château de Malmaison) in Rueil-Malmaison west of Paris was the residence of Emperor Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
