Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), Empress of the French at Rueil-Malmaison, France

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Joséphine de Beauharnais (née Tascher de la Pagerie; 23 June 1763 - 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoleon I, and thus the first Empress of the French (commonly called Empress Joséphine or just Joséphine). This photo was taken during the 3rd Imperial Jubilee in and around the Château de Malmaison and Château de Vert-Mont in Rueil-Malmaison, France. It was formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais and was, with the Tuileries, from 1800 to 1802 the headquarters of the French government, and Napoleon's last residence in France at the end of the Hundred Days in 1815.

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Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Château de Vert-Mont, Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Western Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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