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People of the First French Empire

  • NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
  • Joséphine de BeauharnaisMarie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie entered the world on the 23rd of June 1763, though historians still argue over whether she arrived in Les…
  • Letizia BonaparteMaria-Letizia Ramolino entered the world on the 24th of August 1750 in Ajaccio, Corsica. At that moment, the island belonged to the Republic of Genoa rather…
  • Stéphanie de BeauharnaisStéphanie Louise Adrienne de Beauharnais entered the world on the 28th of August 1789 at Versailles. This date marked the beginning of a violent upheaval…