Eugene de beauharnais biography sample

Eugène de Beauharnais

Born in , Eugène de Beauharnais became aide-de-camp to his stepfather Bonaparte in He served in Egypt and at the Battle of Marengo and pursued a distinguished military career before being named Viceroy of Italy, a daunting task which he fulfilled to the best of his abilities and the relative freedom given to him by the Emperor.

Officially adopted by Napoleon in , he married the daughter of the King of Bavaria, Augusta Amalia.

Eugene de beauharnais biography sample

Their marriage was a happy one and they had six children.

Highly decorated during the Russian campaign, his loyalty to the Emperor earned him the respect of his contemporaries and proved him worthy of the motto he had adopted: "Honour and loyalty".

After Waterloo he fled to Munich where his father-in-law named him Duke of Leuchtenberg, and devoted himself to his properties. Eugène remained the close friend and confidant of his sister Hortense, who he visited at her retreat in Arenenberg, bu