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Hortense de Beauharnais

1783 - 1837

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Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɑ̃s øʒeni sesil bɔnapaʁt]; née de Beauharnais, pronounced [də boaʁnɛ]; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napoléon I’s brother, Louis Bonaparte, who had been made King of Holland, making her her stepfather’s sister-in-law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hortense de Beauharnais has received more than 865,214 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hortense de Beauharnais is the 81st most popular companion (up from 89th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from France (up from 474th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Companion.

Hortense de Beauharnais was the daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais, who was the first wife of Napoleon. Hortense was married to Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, and after he became king of Holland she became queen.

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  • 8.80

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  • 2.19

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 81 out of 673Before her are Dinah, Mary of Teck, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Carlota of Mexico, and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. After her are Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Mordred, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Maria Feodorovna, and Brigitte Macron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 3Before her are Stendhal and Simón Bolívar. After her are Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, Hugh Glass, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Friedrich Sertürner. Among people deceased in 1837, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 6Before her are Alexander Pushkin, Charles Fourier, William IV of the United Kingdom, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, and John Constable. After her are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giacomo Leopardi, Georg Büchner, John Field, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and François Gérard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 410 out of 6,011Before her are Margaret of Anjou (1430), Jean Genet (1910), Ambroise Paré (1510), René Goscinny (1926), André Citroën (1878), and Robert I of France (860). After her are Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), André Masséna (1758), Yves Klein (1928), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Philippe Noiret (1930), and Louis Renault (1843).

Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Hortense de Beauharnais ranks 9Before her are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Madame du Barry (1743), Désirée Clary (1777), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Isabella of France (1295), and Claude of France (1499). After her are Brigitte Macron (1953), Emma of Normandy (985), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Marie of Anjou (1404), and Catherine of Valois (1401).