What is Joséphine de Beauharnais?
{{Infobox royalty |consort=yes | name = Joséphine de Beauharnais | image = File:Baron François Gérard - Joséphine in coronation costume - Google Art Project.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | succession =[[List of French consorts|Empress consort of the French]] | reign =18 May 1804 &ndash; 29 May 1814 | coronation =2 December 1804 | succession1 =[[Queen consort of Italy]] | reign1 =26 May 1805 &ndash; 29 May 1814 | coronation1 = | spouse =[[Alexandre de Beauharnais]]<br>[[Napoleon I]] | issue =[[Eugène de Beauharnais]]<br>[[Hortense de Beauharnais]] | house =Tascher de la Pagerie<br />[[House of Beauharnais]]<br>[[House of Bonaparte]] | full name =Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie | father =Joseph Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie | mother =Rose Claire des Vergers de Sannois | birth_date ={{Birth date|1763|6|23|df=y}} | birth_place =[[Les Trois-Îlets]], [[Martinique]] | death_date ={{Death date and age|1814|5|29|1763|6|23|df=y}} | death_place =[[Rueil-Malmaison]], [[Ile-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]], [[Bourbon Restoration|France]] |religion =[[Roman Catholic]] |}} '''Joséphine de Beauharnais''' (23 June 1763 &ndash; 29 May 1814) was the first wife of [[Napoleon I|Napoléon Bonaparte]]. This made her the first [[First French Empire|Empress of the French]]. Her first husband [[Alexandre de Beauharnais]] was [[guillotine]]d during the [[Reign of Terror]]. She did not have any children with Napoleon, as a result, he divorced her in 1810. Then he married [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise of Austria]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Joséphine de Beauharnais}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauharnais, Josephine De}} [[Category:1763 births]] [[Category:1814 deaths]] [[Category:French royalty]] [[Category:House of Bonaparte]]