Eugène de Beauharnais

Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg (September 3, 1781 - February 21, 1824) was the first child and only son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais.

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September 3 - 1781 - February 21 - 1824 - Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie - Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais

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He was born in Paris, France and became the stepson and adopted child of Napoleon, following the execution of his father during the Reign of Terror. In 1804 he was made an official member of the imperial family as His Imperial Highness Eugene de Beauharnais, Prince of France. In 1805, he added Viceroy of Italy to his titles. In 1807, he was named Prince of Venice. His stepfather made him heir to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt in 1810 and hence technically succeeded Grand Duke Archbishop Dalberg upon the latter's abdication in 1813. This position however was purely theoretical, as Dalberg's abdication was due to his Grand Duchy's imminent conquest by the Allied armies.

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Paris - France - Napoleon - Reign of Terror - 1804 - 1805 - Viceroy of Italy - 1810 - Archbishop Dalberg - 1813

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In 1806 Eugène had married Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia of Bavaria (1788-1851), daughter of Maximilian I of Bavaria, and his father-in-law made him Duke of Leuchtenberg and gave him the administration of the Principality of Eichstätt in 1817.

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Bavaria - Maximilian I of Bavaria - Duke of Leuchtenberg - Eichstätt - 1817

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Eugène's and Augusta's children were:

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• Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876) became the Queen Consort to Oscar I of Sweden, himself the son of Napoleon's old love, Desirée Clary.
• Princess Eugénie Hortense Auguste de Beauharnais (1808-1847)
• Charles Auguste Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, married the Queen Mary II of Portugal
• Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais, married Pedro I of Brazil (father of Mary II of Portugal) and became Empress of Brazil
• Theodelinde Louise Eugénie Auguste Napoléone de Beauharnais (1814-1857)
• Carolina Clotilde de Beauharnais (1816)
• Maximilian Josèphe Eugène Auguste Napoléon de Beauharnais(1817-1852), married Maria Nikolaievna Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

Eugène de Beauharnais died in 1824 at Munich, Germany.

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1824 - Munich - Germany

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