Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte, born Hortense de Beauharnais in Paris on 10 April 1783, died on 5 October 1837. She was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte. As the daughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoléon I, she was the Emperor's stepdaughter, and her marriage to his brother Louis made her his sister-in-law as well. She became queen consort when Louis was made King of Holland in 1806. Her three sons with Louis included the future Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. She also had an illegitimate son, Charles, Duc de Morny, with her lover, the Comte de Flahaut.
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was born in Paris, France, on 10 April 1783
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was Queen of Holland as the wife of King Louis Bonaparte
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She was the stepdaughter of Emperor
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10 April 1783-5 October 1837
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was born in Paris, France, on 10 April 1783
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She lived there until she died of cancer on 5 October 1837, at the age of fifty-four.
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