Beauharnais

[ boh-ar-ne ]

noun

1. A·le·xandre de [a-lek-sahndr, uh, d, uh], 1760–94, French general and statesman.
2. Eu·gé·nie Hortense de [œ, -zhey-, nee, aw, r, -, tahns, d, uh], 1782–1837, queen of Holland: wife of Louis Bonaparte.
3. Jo·sé·phine de [zhaw-zey-, feen, d, uh], 1763–1814, empress of France 1804–09: first wife of Napoleon I.

Beauharnais

/ boarnɛ /

noun

1. BeauharnaisAlexandre, Vicomte de17601794MFrenchMILITARY: general Alexandre (alɛksã̃dr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
2. BeauharnaisEugène de17811824MFrenchMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman his son, Eugène de (øʒɛn də). 1781–1824, viceroy of Italy (1805–14) for his stepfather Napoleon I
3. BeauharnaisEugénie) Hortense de17831837FFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ( Eugénie ) (øʒeni) Hortense de (ɔrtɑ̃s də). 1783–1837, queen of Holland (1806–10) as wife of Louis Bonaparte; daughter of Alexandre Beauharnais and sister of Eugène: mother of Napoleon III
4. See Josephine
   BeauharnaisJoséphine de Joséphine de (ʒozefin də), previous name of the Empress Josephine See Josephine

Example Sentences

There he meets the beautiful Josephine, widow of Alexandre de Beauharnais, and soon asks her to marry him.

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Memoire, documenti e lettere inedite di Napoleone 1o e Beauharnais.

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Martinique, birthplace of Josephine Beauharnais, i. 313;French squadron at, ii.

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Eugne de Beauharnais took an active part in the Wars of the Empire.

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She belonged to the most elegant society of Milan in the days of the vice-royalty of Eugne de Beauharnais.

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