Eugénie

[ œ-zhey-nee ]

noun

1. Comtesse de Te·ba [de-, te, -bah], Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán, 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.

Eugénie

/ øʒeni /

noun

1. Eugénie18261920FSpanishMISC: wife of Napoleon III original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III

Example Sentences

He quickly made a name for himself among the French aristocracy; among his patrons was Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.

From The Daily Beast

Now Eugénie is upon a throne, and —— a voluntary recluse in a convent of one of the most rigorous orders!

From Project Gutenberg

It was a watering-place, in a small way, before Eugénie's advent; but there was not a tithe of its present size and popularity.

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It needs an effort to-day to picture the social power of France and Eugénie twenty years ago.

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I had already found great pleasure in the "Journal" of his sister Eugénie.

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"It was a good place, and I was sorry to lose it when Mademoiselle Eugénie was married," said she.

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