Eugène de Beauharnais

Also known as Eugene de Beauharnais, Eugen Beauharnais Leuchtenberg, Boharnais, Eugene Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg Eugène de Beauharnais, Beauharnais, Eugène de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg

French statesman and military officer (1781–1824)

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Term: 5 June 1805 – 11 April 1814
Monarch: Napoleon I
Reign: 26 October 1813 – 30 December 1813
Predecessor: Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
Born: 3 September 1781, Paris , France
Died: 21 February 1824 (1824-02-21) (aged 42), Munich , Bavaria
Burial: St. Michael's Church, Munich
Spouse: Princess Augusta of Bavaria ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1806 )
Issue: Josephine, Queen of Sweden Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, Prince Consort of Portugal Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodolinde, Countess Wilhelm of Württemberg Princess Carolina Maximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
House: Beauharnais
Father: Alexandre de Beauharnais , Napoleon I (adoptive)

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Eugène Rose de Beauharnais ( French: [øʒɛn d(ə) boaʁnɛ]; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte. Under the French Empire, he also became Napoleon's adopted son (but not the heir to the imperial throne). He was Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy under his stepfather, from 1805 to 1814, and commanded the Army of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. Historians consider him one of Napoleon's most able relatives.

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