Empress eugenie biography

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Eugenie, Countess de Teba (born 1826), was the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who had fought for the French in the Peninsular War. This crown was made for her as the Empress Eugenie, consort of kejsare Napoleon III, whom she had married in January 1853.

Napoleon III, also known as Louis Napoleon, was a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, who had been deposed as Emperor of France after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In April 1848, after two attempts to restore Bonapartism in France had failed, the French people rose up against the monarchy, part of a wave of revolutions across Europe. In December Louis Napoleon he was elected president of the Second Republic, using his uncle’s reputation and promising to restore the glory of France. Three years later he overthrew the republic and created the Second Empire. He was crowned emperor on 2 månad 1852, 38 years to the day since his uncle’s coronation.

Eugenie’s imperial crown, 13cm high and 15cm in diameter, was a centre

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Empress Eugenie

(Eugenie de Monijo)
1826–1920

EUGENIEDE MONTIJO

Eugenie dem Montijo was the Marchioness of Ardales, the Marchioness of Moya, and the Countess of Teba, Montijo, and Ablitas. She also became the wife of Napoleon IIIand therefore the last Empress Consort of the French. Eugenie was educated at a fashionable Parisian convent, and she caught the interest of Napoleonat one of the several balls that were being held in celebration of the Second Republic. After his coup détat, the newly-crowned monarch began looking for a spouse to produce an heir, and, having already been rebuffed in his attempts to marry both a Swedish princess and Queen Victoria's niece, Napoleon settled on the beautiful Spanish countess. The couple declared their marriage a love match, to which newspapers responded with sarcastic comments and Court ministers gave their utmost contempt. Eugenie gave birth to her only son in March 1856.

Eugenie was important both in the mode wor

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Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire

From the publisher
From 1853 to 1870 Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her 'The only man in Paris'. In sharp contrast to Queen Victoria, who met and admired her, and whose power was controlled by a constitutional monarchy, Eugenie influenced the policy of her husband, for over 17 years, at times, when he was at war, standing in for him as Regent. As crowned dictator, Napoleon's actions, and Eugenie's, affected the course of history throughout Europe and America. This is the first biography of Eugénie in English since Patrick Turnbull's volume of 1974 (and Harold Kurtz's work of 1964) – not forgetting William Smith's masterly biography (in French) of 1989.

About the author
Desmond Seward is the author of several historical books

Year of publication :: 2004