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Beauharnais, de

biographical name Beau·har·nais, de \ˌbō-ˌär-ˈnā\

Definition of BEAUHARNAIS, DE

Fr. family including: Vicomte Alexandre 1760–1794 gen.; his wife Joséphine 1763–1814 later the 1st wife of Napoleon I; their son Eugène 1781–1824 prince of Eich*stätt \ˈī-ˌshtet\ ; their daughter Hor*tense \r-ˈtäⁿs\ 1783–1837 wife of Louis Bonaparte & mother of Napoleon III
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