Napoleon wanted an heir who would take over his Empire when he died, and Josephine could not have children. So they divorced and Napoleon married Marie Luise of Austria who gave him a son Napoleon II.
By snatching the crown away from the Pope and placing it on his head himself.
Josephine de Beauharnais and Marie Louise of Austria.
The widowed Josephine de Beauharnais. Napoleons stepson Eugene would go on to great things. Napoleon sought a son & heir and an Austrian alliance.
Napoleon restored slavery in all french colonies by the decree of may 1802. Slavery was abolished by the french revolution in 1794. However Napoleon was completely given to the slave holding aristocracy, especially his wife Josephine who owne several plantations in the Antilles. Napoleon was a slave holding aristocrat.
The painting by Jacques-Louis David was finished in 1807.
Neither Josephine or Napoleon were good at keeping their marriage vows.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.
Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine by Jacques-Louis David (completed 1808)LocationCathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, ParisDateDecember 2, 1804(11 Frimaire XIII)
Josephine.
Josephine.
Eugenie de Monttijo of Granada Spain.
In 1810.
Josephine.
Josephine
Josephine.
Josephine