A beauharnais
[boh-ar-ne] /boʊ arˈnɛ/
noun
alexandre de [a-lek-sahndruh duh] /æ lɛk sɑndrə də/ (show ipa), 1760–94, french general and statesman.
eugénie hortense de
[œ-zhey-nee awr-tahns duh] /œ ʒeɪˈni ɔrˈtɑ̃s də/ (show ipa), 1782–1837, queen of holland: wife of louis bonaparte.
joséphine de
[zhaw-zey-feen duh] /ʒɔ zeɪˈfin də/ (show ipa), 1763–1814, empress of france 1804–09: first wife of napoleon i.
beauharnais
/french boarnɛ/
noun
alexandre (alɛksã̃dr), vicomte de. 1760–94, french general, who served in the war of american independence and the french revolutionary wars; first husband of empress joséphine: guillotined
his son, eugène de (øʒɛn də). 1781–1824, viceroy of italy (1805–14) for his stepfather napoleon i
(eugénie) (øʒeni) hortense de (ɔrtɑ̃s də). 1783–1837, queen of holland (1806–10) as wife of louis bonaparte; daughter of alexandre beauharnais and sister of eugène: mother of napoleon iii
joséphine de (ʒozefin də), previous name of the empress josephine see josephine
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