Eugene de beauharnais biography channels

Stepson of Napoleon who served as the Viceroy of Italy

By Nathan D. Jensen

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Born: September 3, 1781

Place of Birth: Paris, Paris, France

Died: February 21, 1824

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Place of Death: Munich, Germany

Arc de Triomphe:E.

BEAUHARNAIS on the south pillar

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Born into a noble family, Eugène Rose de Beuharnais' father was guillotined during the French Revolution in July of 1794. At the time Eugène was apprenticed as a carpenter and his mother Josephine was only spared a similar fate by the overthrow of Robespierre at the Thermidorian Reaction a few days later.

Eugène's mother then used her connections with General Hoche to get him to take Eugène under his wing and make him an orderly. Eugène served in this role for Hoche and went on campaign against the rebels in 1794 and 1795. After Eugène returned to Paris later in 1795, he first met his future stepfather when he went to Napoleon Bonaparte, then commander