![]() ![]() Her parents separated when she was five years old and, between the ages of five and ten, she was sent to live in Martinique. She was born as the second child and first daughter to Alexandre François Marie, Vicomte de Beauharnais, and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte was born in Paris, France, on 10 April 1783. She also had an illegitimate son, Charles, Duke of Morny, with her lover, the Comte de Flahaut. She was the mother of Napoléon III, Emperor of the French Louis II of Holland and Napoléon Louis Charles Bonaparte who died at the age of four. Hortense later married Napoléon I’s brother, Louis Bonaparte, who had been made King of Holland, making her her stepfather’s sister-in-law. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. When General Colbert lost his own in combat, he begged me to send him another one.Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte ( French pronunciation: née de Beauharnais, pronounced 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. Monsieur de Bougars, who was believed to have died, was found rescued in a convent, and while everyone was worried about his fate, I maintained that he could only be safe because he had one of my seals. It turned out that, luckily, almost all those who had my talismans escaped unscathed. Some young women who adored their husbands, such as Madame Philippe de Ségur, asked me earnestly to give them these Turkish talismans. I therefore gave to all the aides-de-camp of the Emperor, and to other soldiers, seals which I recommended they wear faithfully as protection from danger. If my fate is unfortunate, at least let me bring happiness to others then I will no longer complain about destiny. I thought that a seal given by me could serve as a talisman, at least I took pleasure in persuading myself that I could distribute small souvenirs to many people. There was a vogue, at the time, for Turkish engraved stones, and I had a large number of them. Lorsque le Général Colbert perdit le sien au combat, il me supplia de lui en envoyer un autre. de Bougars, qu'on croyait mort, fut trouvé sauvé dans un couvent, et alors que tous s'inquiétaient de son sort, je soutenais qu'il ne pouvait qu'être sauf car il possédait un de mes cachets. Il s'avéra que par chance, presque tous ceux qui avaient mes talismans s'en sortirent indemnes. ![]() Certaines jeunes femmes qui adoraient leurs époux, comme Madame Philippe de Ségur, vinrent en toute sincérité me prier de leur donner de ces talismans turcs. Je donnai donc à tous les aides de camp de l'Empereur et à d'autres militaires des cachets que je leur recommandai de porter soigneusement s'ils voulaient être préservés du péril. Si mon sort est malheureux, au moins que je porte bonheur aux autres alors je n'oserai plus me plaindre de la destinée. Je me figurais qu'un cachet donné par moi pouvait servir de talisman, du moins je pris plaisir à me le persuader pour pouvoir distribuer à beaucoup de monde des petits souvenirs. Which is really open to debate, as Napoleon was actually so angry at her over the defection that he refused to write to her (or Murat) directly, and had Joseph do it instead.Ĭ'était alors la mode de rechercher les pierres gravées turques et j'en avais une grande quantité. ![]() Trying to justify her conduct in 1814, Caroline went so far as to say that Napoleon would’ve been disappointed in her if she had acted otherwise. Caroline loved and revered Napoleon, but she also very much emulated him. It’s notable that Napoleon always blamed Caroline as the primary instigator behind Murat’s decision to abandon his cause in 1814. Napoleon was not unaware of any of this, or of how much the throne of Naples meant to Caroline. But her stays in Paris in 1810-1812 were largely politically motivated-both a way to repair the ever-growing rift between her husband and her brother, and also to coax Napoleon to help her accomplish a few things she wasn’t able to do in the political climate back in Naples, where she was fairly neutralized until 1812. They spent a great deal of time together during Caroline’s long stay in 1810, and Caroline wrote frequently to Murat to tell him how happy she was to be with Napoleon and how well he was treating her. I think they did have a genuine mutual affection but I also think Napoleon was very much aware of his sister’s ambition and therefore a little more wary of her than he generally was with either Pauline or Elisa. Caroline’s relationship with Napoleon is a little more complicated. ![]()
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