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Hortense de Beauharnais

1783 - 1837

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Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɑ̃s øʒeni sesil bɔnapaʁt]; née de Beauharnais, pronounced [də boaʁnɛ]; 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, Louis, making her Napoleon's sister-in-law. She became queen consort of Holland when Louis was made King of Holland in 1806. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hortense de Beauharnais is the 90th most popular companion (down from 30th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from France (down from 221st in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Companion.

Hortense de Beauharnais was the daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais, who was the first wife of Napoleon. Hortense was married to Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, and after he became king of Holland she became queen.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 90 out of 784. Before her are Frederica of Hanover, Berenice II of Egypt, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Dinah, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. After her are Rabia Bala Hatun, Isabella of France, Katharina von Bora, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Sawda bint Zamʿa, and Antinous.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 3. Before her are Stendhal, and Simón Bolívar. After her are Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Friedrich Sertürner, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Among people deceased in 1837, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 5. Before her are William IV of the United Kingdom, Alexander Pushkin, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, and Charles Fourier. After her are John Constable, Akbar II, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, John Field, Giacomo Leopardi, Georg Büchner, and François Gérard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 418 out of 6,770. Before her are Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Claude Bernard (1813), James I of Aragon (1208), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), and Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715). After her are Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Alfred Kastler (1902), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Louise Bourgeois (1911), and Pierre Laval (1883).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 12. Before her are Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Philippa of Hainault (1314), Désirée Clary (1777), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Claude of France (1499), and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635). After her are Isabella of France (1295), Emma of Normandy (985), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), and Adela of Champagne (1140).

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