Beauharnais, de

biographical name
Beau·​har·​nais, de | \ ˌbō-ˌär-ˈnā How to pronounce Beauharnais, de (audio) \

Definition of Beauharnais, de

French family including: Vicomte Alexandre 1760-1794 general; his wife Joséphine 1763-1814 later the 1st wife of Napoléon I; their son Eugène 1781-1824 prince of Eich*stätt \ ˈīḵ-​ˌshtet How to pronounce ˈīḵ-ˌshtet (audio)\ ; their daughter Hor*tense \ ȯr-​ˈtäⁿs How to pronounce ȯr-ˈtäⁿs (audio)\ 1783–1837 wife of Louis Bonaparte and mother of Napoléon III