Josephine Bonaparte
Corsican conqueror's consort
Josephine Bonaparte was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress of France from 1804 to 1810.
Born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie in Martinique, she was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon.
Their marriage was passionate but childless, and Napoleon divorced her to seek an heir with another wife.
She remained influential in French society until her death in 1814.
- Empire styleNapoleonic-era neoclassical aesthetic
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- love lettersRomantic written messages
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- coronation gownFormal dress for enthronement
silk · perfume · portrait · letter · divorce decree · jewels · tiara · crown · roses · high society · Martinique · Louis XVI · fan · gown · brooch · ring · wedding ring · slipper
- Royal ConsortsQueen Camilla, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- French QueensMarie Antoinette, Catherine de Medici, Eleanor of Aquitaine
French Revolutionary era women
Josephine BonaparteMarie Antoinette
royal consort archetype
Josephine BonaparteAnne Boleyn
Catherine de' Medici · Queen Victoria · Catherine of Aragon · Eleanor of Aquitaine