Hortense, the daughter of Napoleon I’s Josephine is our 10th Frenchman to study…

… among our French fashion influences of the Regency era.  Hortense was the step-daughter of Napoleon I, & the child that would carry the Bonaparte blood forward.

Hortense was said to have been a beautiful & cheerful child with pale golden hair & blue eyes.  An accomplished composer & musician, she entertained Napoleon’s troops with her marching compositions.  She attended school with the daughter of America’s president James Monroe, Eliza, & had a relationship with Americans.

(Portrait: Hortense with Napoleon III in 1807 just before the child’s death)