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Eugène de Beauharnais

1781 - 1824

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Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (French: [øʒɛn d(ə) boaʁnɛ]; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte. Under the French Empire he also became Napoleon's adopted son (but not the heir to the imperial throne). He was Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy under his stepfather, from 1805 to 1814, and commanded the Army of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène de Beauharnais is the 68th most popular military personnel (down from 32nd in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from France (down from 150th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Military Personnel.

Eugène de Beauharnais was a French nobleman and general who was married to Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eugène de Beauharnais ranks 68 out of 2,058Before him are Erich Ludendorff, Roland, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Fedor von Bock, Ubba, and Ernst Röhm. After him are Manfred von Richthofen, Yi Sun-sin, Walter Model, T. E. Lawrence, Stanislav Petrov, and Erich Raeder.

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Among people born in 1781, Eugène de Beauharnais ranks 2Before him is George Stephenson. After him are Bernard Bolzano, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Siméon Denis Poisson, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, René Laennec, Adelbert von Chamisso, David Brewster, Stamford Raffles, William I of Württemberg, and Achim von Arnim. Among people deceased in 1824, Eugène de Beauharnais ranks 4Before him are Louis XVIII of France, Lord Byron, and Théodore Géricault. After him are Anne Catherine Emmerich, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, James Parkinson, Agustín de Iturbide, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène de Beauharnais ranks 287 out of 6,770Before him are François Couperin (1668), Philippa of Hainault (1314), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), Georges Clemenceau (1841), and Jean-Luc Godard (1930). After him are Louis Bonaparte (1778), Hugues de Payens (1074), Simone Weil (1909), Raymond Poincaré (1860), Paul Signac (1863), and Vincent de Paul (1581).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Eugène de Beauharnais ranks 8Before him are Charles de Gaulle (1890), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), and Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611). After him are Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), André Masséna (1758), and Joseph Joffre (1852).