…Theodolinde Louise Eugenie Auguste Napoleine de Beauharnais. She was the 5th of 7 children. Theodolinde became the Countess of Wurttemberg when she married at the age of 26 in 1841, but she died of a ‘short illness’ before her husband became the Duke of Urach. (portrait: Theodolinde in 1836, 5 …
… as her daughter was dead, and her adopted daughter was not eligible for the crown. Her oldest sister Josephine inherited her tiaras, & her legacy lives as having organized the political structures of the country, & been a loving wife & stepmother. (Portrait: Amelie Auguste died at age 60 …
… her mother, Augusta Amalia of Bavaria had prepared her well. She advised Emile to do everything necessary to promote the welfare of the people of her new country. Amelie set up a household back in France, but returned to Brazil to live. She found the country in chaos, and …
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.. of their own legitimately, although Amelie adopted his daughter Maria as her own, & raised and educated her personally. They had a happy marriage. They had only the one child, Maria Amelia, before King Pedro died of tuberculosis after fighting his brother for title and rights. Maria Amelia became …
… was required to drop the “Napoleon” part of her name after her marriage to Pedro of Brazil at ag3 15. She was the 4th child & 3rd daughter of Eugene (stepson of Napoleon I) and Augusta Amalia of Bavaria. Her mother, being of royal blood, trained her carefully to …
… Amelie Auguste Eugenie Napoleon de Beauharnais (4th child; 3rd daughter of Eugene & Augusta Amalia). You can see why we’re going carefully through this. The names all seem the same, and the generations get confusing. It’s important to know who these people are, because they all come back together …
Josephine, 1st wife of Napoleon I, was setting the fashion in 1815. She had the empress tiaras that no one else had, though. (Josephine was discussed last month – scroll through to see the interesting story of she and Napoleon 1st and her amazing fashion)
.. on top of fashion, her style went through 3 Regency eras into early Victorian. Here she is shown in 1815.
Eugene was the Viceroy of Italy, & led the Italian army in support of Napoleon. Augusta Amalia came from Bavarian royal heritage. (Featured portrait: Eugene as the young Italian Colonel at age 22; Augusta (below) in the early 1830’s)
