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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.

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she was the great love of his life, he divorced her because she could not bear any children , however, even after he married Eugenie who bore hime a son, Josephine was still at the palace, where she had her own quarters and died there.

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She was young he wanted a son and wanted to make the tsar mad

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He wanted an heir and Josephine could not provide him with one.

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Josephine produced no children.

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