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.
Josephine de Beauharnais and Marie Louise of Austria.
nephew, and heir
Napoleon I. First Consul of France. Napoleon the Great. Emperor Napoleon. Emperor of the French. The King of Italy. Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleone di Buonaparte. Cadet Bonaparte. Brigadier General Bonaparte. The Greatest General. The Pope's jailer. The King of Spain's Brother. The King of Holland's Brother. The Victim of General Winter. The Loser at Waterloo. Soverign and Emperor of Elba. The centerpiece of Les Invaldes. Leticia's Little Boy. Carlo's Kid. Josephine's hubby. Franz's dad. The Little Corporal.
Napoleon was defeat by Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington.
The widowed Josephine de Beauharnais. Napoleons stepson Eugene would go on to great things. Napoleon sought a son & heir and an Austrian alliance.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.
Josephine followed by Marie Louise of Austria.
-Napoleon Bonaparte was married to Josephine de Beauharnais, because she had influential friends among the Directory, but because Josephine could not bear children, Napoleon divorced with her. -There were rumors that Josephine had been seeing someone else. -Another reason why Bonaparte wanted to divorce with Josephine was, because he wanted to marry the sister of the Russian leader, Tsar Alexander I, knowing that it would strengthen the alliance between Russia and France. -In the end he married Maria Louise of Austria -Had a son and named him Napoleon
Yes, he married Marie Louise of Austria.
In 1810.
Josephine. He married a few women after that out of necessity but he always loved Josephine.
Josephine de Beauharnais and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.
Josephine de Beauharnais and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.
Twice, to Josephine who he later divorced and to Marie Louise of Austria.
His dying words were "France, Army. Head of the Army. Josephine."
Napoleon Bonaparte
The euthanasia of his plague infected troops in Egypt is often cited.His divorce of Josephine in search of an heir was a noteworthy personal failure.His failure to check the calendar and with the weatherman before heading to Moscow was a major blunder.