The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . lOSEPHINE. ^^:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^2^^Wz^. THE career of the EmpressJosephine is not less ro-mantic and pathetic thanthat of Napoleon. Thata West Indian Creoleshonld rise to occupy thethrone of one of the mostpowerful countries in allChristendom at the open-ing of the nineteenth cen-tury would be incrediblewere it not a fact of liis-tor}-. That after her di-vorce she should retainher affection for the hus-band, and that he shouldcontinue to visit her arefacts equally was born in the Island of Martinique, in t

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The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . lOSEPHINE. ^^:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^2^^Wz^. THE career of the EmpressJosephine is not less ro-mantic and pathetic thanthat of Napoleon. Thata West Indian Creoleshonld rise to occupy thethrone of one of the mostpowerful countries in allChristendom at the open-ing of the nineteenth cen-tury would be incrediblewere it not a fact of liis-tor}-. That after her di-vorce she should retainher affection for the hus-band, and that he shouldcontinue to visit her arefacts equally was born in the Island of Martinique, in theWest Indies, in June, 1763. Her maiden name was jNIarieJosephe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. The surname Pageriewas derived from her fathers estate near Blois, in had emigrated to become a naval officer under theMarquis de Beauharnais, who was governor-general of theFrench Antilles. His wife, Rose Claire des Verges deSannois, belonged to a family which had similarly emi-grated. Josephine was educated in France at the Conventof Port-Royal, and in December, 1779, at the age of sixteen,was mar

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