.. 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)

… Amalia who came from Bavaria to marry.  The stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte, Eugene was the “heir apparent” to the French throne, but never made it because of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, after which all were stripped of their titles & forced into real or figurative exile alongside Napoleon I. …

… we are in the 1820’s-1830’s going chronologically through the 7 children of Eugene de Beauharnais & Augusta Amalia of Bavaria, Napoleon 1’st’s adopted stepson & son of his 1st wife Josephine. These portraits are 1810.. so out of style from what we will see their children wearing. Note how …

… and first son and heir to Eugene de Beauharnais & Augusta Amalia of Bavaria (Napoloen’s step-son).  Napoleon I had adopted & made his father the “heir presumptive” to the French throne.  Both were named Dukes of Leuchtenberg. Auguste suceeded his father as Duke of Leuchtenberg & Prince of Eichstatt …

.. to be the perfect stepmother to the children of her husband Pedro of Brazil.  Her mother taught her not to be “timid”.  They had a good marriage. She educated his children herself, including his eldest daughter Maria II who would become Queen of Brazil and a match for Amelie’s …

… was Eugenie Hortense Auguste de Beauharnais.  She married the Prince of Prussia, Constantine Hohenxollern-Hechinger to become Princess of Prussia. They built the lovely Villa Eugenia for her in Hechingen.  In 1843, Eugenie was well known for her patronage of music & musicians.  Hechingen had a lovely vocal choir, and …

.. was a patron of painters, and was part of the political struggles in Norway and Sweden regarding Catholicism vs Protestantism.  Because Sweden fought against France, the “Napoleonine” part of her name was removed forever. When her husband, King Oscar died in 1858, she became the Dowager Queen, and no …

.. even though they were in love in the beginning, he openly had many extramarital affairs. (Josefina (Josephine) was the first born and first daughter of Eugene & Augusta de Beauharnais, step-son of Napoleon I in this study of the Napoleon family of fashion) (portrait: 1827 the Royal Swedish family …

.. was always very serious about her clothing, and was beautiful & fashionable throughout her life.  She was very close to her father in law, and played an active role in politics of Sweden.  The Swedish people loved her (she had learned Swedish between the time she was engaged and …