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Hortense de Beauharnais
Queen of Holland from to
Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (French pronunciation:[ɔʁtɑ̃søʒenisesilbɔnapaʁt]; née&#;de Beauharnais, pronounced[dəboaʁnɛ]; 10 April – 5 October ) was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte.
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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, making her Napoleon's sister-in-law. She became queen consort of Holland when Louis was made King of Holland in She and Louis had three sons: Napoléon-Charles Bonaparte; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French; and Louis II of Holland.
She also had an illegitimate son, Charles, Duke of Morny, with her lover, the Comte de Flahaut.
Early life
Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte was born in Paris, France, on 10 April She was born as the second child and first daughter to Alexandre François Marie, Vicomte de Beauharnais, and Joséphine Tascher de la Pa