Napoleon and Josephine ...Until death, the great commander idolized this woman. He carried love to her through all his victories and defeats. Despite mutual betrayal and age difference, the couple remained true to their feelings. This love story is considered to be one of the most beautiful.
The future Empress
On the island of Martinique in late June 1763 inthe family of the usual planter Joseph Gaspard de Tasche, the girl Marie Joseph Rose appeared. Everyone called her Josephine. When the future Empress of France turned sixteen, she was married. In the husbands she got viscount Alexander de Beauharnais. The couple moved to Paris, where she soon had children. After the advent of the heirs, Alexander almost abandoned his family, led a wild life, not considering it necessary to hide it.
So Josephine lived about fifteen years. During the French Revolution, the couple is in prison. After some time, Josephine is released, and her husband is executed.
Fateful meeting. Napoleon and Josephine
Starting to live a secular life, the widow de BeauharnaisIn fact, she was dependent on her lovers, since she did not have her own means of subsistence. One of them, Paul Barras, deciding to get rid of his mistresses, introduced Josefina to a young and unprepossessing officer Napoleon Bonaparte. The latter was poor, younger than Marie Rosa for six years, but an unknown force attracted them to each other. Accepting the invitation to dinner from the beautiful Creole and spending the evening with her, Bonaparte was fascinated by her for the rest of his life. They became lovers, and then married, having changed their age on paper. In early March 1796, the wedding took place, and Napoleon and Josephine became a husband and wife before God. Bonaparte gave the beloved a ring with a sapphire. Inside the ring was an engraving: "It's fate."
And soon fate made Josephine an empress, andBonaparte - the emperor. The great commander, confidently capturing the whole world and winning one victory after another, sent out from each campaign his beloved wife tender and passionate letters full of revelations and confessions.
Broken hopes
But time passed, Napoleon dreamed of heirs, andJosephine could not get pregnant. In addition, rumors of treachery temperamental Creole, long remaining alone, were confirmed. And then Bonaparte decides to make a new marriage with the Princess of Austria, Maria-Louise, in order to preserve the dynasty and extend her family. In 1809, Josephine and Napoleon divorced.
Divorce
Josephine retained the title of Empress forthe insistence of Bonaparte. She receives the Elysee Palace, the Navarre Castle, Malmaison and three million a year. Coats of arms, escort, guard and all the attributes of the reigning person were left to her.
All the remaining five years of his life, the ex-spouse is engaged in collecting works of art, as well as growing various exotic plants.
Napoleon and Josephine: a love story
After the divorce, Napoleon and Josephine supportrelations. The Emperor continues to write her gentle letters, which are full of love and warmth. A new marriage, the appearance of a long-awaited son did not bring Bonaparte happiness. After the defeat at Waterloo, the emperor goes into exile to St. Helena. Josephine was denied his escort, and a couple of months after Napoleon's abdication from power, she dies. On May 29, 1814, there was no fine creole.
And in 1821 on the island of Saint Helena died andthe great commander of all time, Napoleon Bonaparte. He died with the name of his beloved Josephine on his lips. The story of their love is worthy of being sung in verse.
