Hortense de Beauharnais

American  

[awr-tahns duh boh-ar-ne] / ɔrˈtɑ̃s də boʊ arˈnɛ /

noun

1. Beauharnais, Eugénie Hortense de.

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Example Sentences

That one phrase characterizes at once the ex-belle of the Empire, the contemporary of the sentimental Hortense de Beauharnais, and of the more than l�g�re Pauline Borgh�se.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various

He married Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter, by her first marriage, of Napoleon's wife, Josephine, and was the father of the Emperor Napoleon III.-ED.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

Hortense de Beauharnais was fresh as a rose; and though her fair complexion was not relieved by much color, she had enough to produce that freshness and bloom which was her chief beauty.

From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Mrs. Hay was educated in Paris at Madame Campan's celebrated school, where she was the associate and friend of Hortense de Beauharnais, subsequently the Queen of Holland and the mother of Napoleon III.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian

On June 15 the new king left Paris and a week later arrived at the Hague, accompanied by his wife, Hortense de Beauharnais, Napoleon's step-daughter.

From History of Holland by Edmundson, George