Eugène de Beauharnais - Family

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In 1806, Eugène married Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia of Bavaria (1788–1851), eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and his royal father-in-law made him Duke of Leuchtenberg and gave him the administration of the Principality of Eichstätt on 14 November 1817.

Eugène's and Augusta's children were:

  1. Princess Joséphine Maximiliane Eugénie Napoléonne de Beauharnais (1807–1876) became the Queen Consort to King Oscar I of Sweden, himself the son of Napoleon's old love, Désirée Clary.
  2. Princess Eugénie Hortense Auguste de Beauharnais (1808–1847). Married Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
  3. Prince Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, (1810–1835) married Queen Mary II of Portugal. There was no issue from this marriage
  4. Princess Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais, (31 July 1812 – 26 January 1873) was the second wife of Peter I of Brazil (father of Mary II of Portugal) and became Empress of Brazil
  5. Princess Theodelinde Louise Eugénie Auguste Napoléone de Beauharnais (1814–1857). Married Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
  6. Princess Carolina Clotilde de Beauharnais (1816)
  7. Prince Maximilian Josèphe Eugène Auguste Napoléon de Beauharnais (1817–1852), married Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna of Russia, eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, and received the title of "Prince Romanovsky", addressed as "His Imperial Highness", in 1852.

Eugène de Beauharnais died on 21 February 1824 in Munich. A biography by Carola Oman appeared in 1966.

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