Empress Josephine Bonaparte of France
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Josephine went from the daughter of a Caribbean plantation owner to the wife of a prominent French aristocrat. After her husband was guillotined during the revolution, she caught the eye of an up and coming soldier named Napoleon. He wrote her romantic letters while conquering much of Europe and when he became Emperor of France he made her his Empress. But his consuming passion for her also led to some serious relationship problems. Her inability to provide him with an heir ultimately led him to leave her for a younger princess.
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“Her inability to provide an heir caused Napoleon to divorce her and marry a younger princess.”
Catherine of Aragon: First time?
Sad truth is, a Queen didn't have a male heir was easily disposed of.
Really an heir is everything in those times sadly.
lol i get it XD
Anne Boleyn: at least you didn't lose your head unlike her.
Marie Antoinette: agree.
@@cinna_sultan that's why the byzantines were so smart, the eldest child was heir no matter the gender and girls were as well read and educated as the boys
If you put all your eggs in one pen!s filled basket you're giving yourself a major handicap as far as dynasty is concerned
@@3katfox
Honestly gender equality for that time in that sense was advanced, in practice women were not seen as capable leaders and had a limited role in the public sphere.
Though we all know, and there's historical evidence for it that plenty of women ran countries and armies and so on.
A truly remarkable woman, it really says a lot about her that Napoleon II, Napoleon's only legitimate son by his second wife, wished that Josephine was his mother.
You actually are completely wrong but that’s what you get for being educated by the system
@@SherrylandNC If that's what you think, then please, educate us.
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Nothing wrong about it.
Josephine was dearly loved by Napoleon; this video seems to prove that.
Look at how much he did for her.
It seems like Josephine had respect for Napoleon and wanted to remain faithful - I feel like she was pressured into that though as Napoleon rose to become the most powerful man in Europe.
@@cinna_sultan lovely but you are all over medicated and educated by a bs system but you think what you like. If you think I read your regurgitated nonsense you’re confused
@@genera1013 For real. Idk what's the problem of the commenter above, but this is an actual quote from Napoleon II:
"If Josephine had been my mother, my father would not have been buried at Saint Helena, and I should not be at Vienna. My mother is kind but weak; she was not the wife my father deserved".
To be fair, his mom Marie Louise did screw up any (if slim) chance of herself becoming regent and her son staying emperor. Napoleon II was 4 years old at that time, so it's not like he could do anything for himself. And then it was too late. He was raised at the court of his maternal grandfather, deprived of his French roots, abused by his Austrian tutors, not allowed to do anything meaningful with his life, and died of TB at the age of 21. His mom never actually loved or needed him very much and was perfectly happy in her new shiny duchy, with her new shiny morganatic husband and new shiny children.
Great. Now I'm irrationally angry and sad for some guy who died long ago.
NAPOLEON: “Since I left you, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be near you. Incessantly I live over in my memory your caresses, your tears, your affectionate solicitude. The charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually a burning and a glowing flame in my heart”
JOSEPHINE: “k”
josephine: “thanks girl”
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Plot twist: she doesn’t know how to write 😂
Fortune the Pug is the proper hero of this story.
Napoleon conquered Europe
Josephine conquered Napoleon
Genius.
Will there be a video on Marie Louise, Napoleon’s second wife? She’s often dismissed but her life after Napoleon was equally scandalous
Yes! I'd like to see a video about her as well!
How was her life scandalous?
@@Imperator-vo4to Following Napoleon’s exile, Marie began an affair with an Austrian count Adam con Nieppberg (who lost an eye fighting the French) and when Napoleon regained his throne during the Hundred Days, instead of riding back to Paris to be by his side as Empress, she wrote a letter asking for a divorce, which he refused. She lived openly with her new lover, moving with him to Parma (a duchy she had been granted by the Coalition). Within months of Napoleon’s death Marie, who had already given birth to two illegitimate children, married Adam, a shockingly low match for an Austrian Archduchess. The deeply unpopular husband and wife were targeted by an uprising in Parma, where Marie was nearly deposed.He died of illness a few years later, after which she made an even lower match by marrying her chamberlain. She and her son Napoleon François had a rocky relationship, as he spent most of his life away from her in Vienna, and once stated he wished Joséphine had been his mother.
I was wondering if you were going to make a video about royal married couples who were loving and faithful to each other until death did them part. There were some couples who chose not to have affairs with other people and fulfilled their wedding vows. I would love that.
@K. Light That video is about monarchs who had the most monogamous marriages, including King Henry VIII of England, who I think we can agree was not very faithful to his 6 wives. I think Bethany is referring to marriages that actually lasted and were happy, i.e. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England.
I agree! I'm only aware of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's marriage, and that's about it. Surely there must have been more throughout history.
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Albert and Victoria (British)
Hurrem and Suleiman (Ottoman)
Elizabeth and Phillip (British)
Not entirely sure about Lizzie and Phillip, but those are just three popular examples.
Hurrem Sultan and Sultan Suleiman however are another example of a faithful couple.
@@cinna_sultan I think many people regard George V and Mary of Teck, along with his son George VI and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother as couples who were faithful to one another
@@syria0110
Oh yeah forgot those monarchs too.
Honestly a list of examples could be made, some Kings were not faithful and some were faithful.
Even some Queens were not faithful and some were.
Everyone's unique in that sense, though a Queen Consort was always expected to look the other way if she knew about her husbands affairs
Wow! I always knew that Josephine had been a strong influence on Napoleon, but I never would've imagined the love story between them would be so enchanting and passionate! 💕 Even though, it was clearly never an easy romance, it really says a lot that Napoleon II wished that she was his mother instead and Napoleon insisted that she kept the title of Empress after the marriage ended as well as when she passed, he was heartbroken and even said her name on his deathbed. No wonder people are so fascinated by Napoleon and Josephine's love story! 💕
Seems like she didn't love him on the same level
@@0912sooli
She probably didn't.
@@0912sooli I know it was more than likely one sided, but I still find Napoleon and Josephine's relationship to be so fascinating.
@@0912sooli Royalty Now Studios touches on this in their video that realistically constructs Napoleon's face, one of his letters has a line along the lines of "I write to you very often dear and you write very little" and he complains that he misses her. This was while he was at war so yeah I would say they grew closer later on but only really because she needed him
@@0912sooli She was, that is why she made him so strong, powerful and formidable, except her lol. That is how a great woman could make her husband the king of the world!
Honestly I’m to the point in my life as a woman where Josephines life post annulment sounds lovely.
Omg yes just gimme a villa and a rose garden and lemme be
Napoleon: “Is there anyone here who HASN’T kissed my wife?”
Everybody else: “Yeah, You!”
I Love oversimplified DX
Video idea - "The Last King Of...", a profile of the last king/queen of each country that's had one, and the reason why that monarchy was abolished :)
Ooh yes please🤔
Yes that sounds so cool and a log series too.
You know Napoleon's son from his polish mistress his descendants are actually engineering billionaires in France he actually has a pretty interesting story for his life
He became Foreign Minister under Napoleon III, right?
@@Blaqjaqshellaq yes
Wow, they are? Who are they?
He also had a son named Leon, his first child from Elenore.
The relationship between Josephine and Napoleon seems far more complicated than it's often portrayed.
Oooo can't wait for this! Despite her being a widow with kids at a time which such women were consider hags by society (at over 26 you are a hag)... but Napoleon didn't care! He truly deeply passionately loved her to pieces! He was more upset over the idea he couldn't have kids with her, because of her age (menstruation periods ended earlier for women back then so by late 30s early 40s Rose Josephines' real name couldn't have kids). Napoleon still financially supported her and the kids of her first marriage. She originated hated or disliked Napoleon, but due to her circumstances and how society was cruel and nasty towards widowed women with kids she grew to love him and even appreciate him, especially her later years. You could say she grew up loving him as much as he loved her at first sight. Napoleons' relatives hated her, and what did he do? Crowned her his empress... mega middle finger to the in-laws if you ask me.
I love her story and her relationship with Napoleon, so I am definitely watching this!
Josephine's infertility had absolutely nothing to do with her age. And menstrual periods did NOT "end earlier back then" Many, many famous women throughout all of history have had children well into their 40s and even later: Thomas Cromwell's mother was 50 when he was born. Not to mention Josephine was not even at that age: she married Napoleon when she was 31. Josephine caught at least one and maybe several bouts of asymptomatic stds, probably gonorrhea, while in prison during the Revolution. The infections inflamed her fallopian tubes and left behind a blockage of scar tissue.
Could you do an episode on the Clary sisters? Désirée Clary was engaged to Napoleon at one point, and went on to be queen of Norway and Sweden. Her Sister, Julia, married Napoleon’s brother, Joseph, and became queen of Spain and Naples.
She was the mother of Sweden's King Oscar whom Josephine's granddaughter married. (A symbolic closure to their old rivalry...)
Yes! I second that and I would love that! I read the very romanticized fictional diary of Désirée when I was a teen. Since then I have been very invested in the lives of all the people she had contact with both in France and Sweden.
@@KatjaFee792 Oh, I read that too and loved it! Would be so nice to get a video about her.
I also think these would make for two great videos, there’s so much there for both of them!! Also did anyone read the Desiree book? So interesting!
Ugh i love Desiree so much, she was one of Napoléon's first loves and an elegant woman.
I think Napoleon & Josephine would have made a beautiful charming couple in our times. You have to give kuddos to them for going against the grain of society in their own ways.
Bar none, this is one of the saddest love stories in history -- right up tot he bitterest of bitter ends. I can't help it, I will always believe his last word was Josephine.
Whomever said, ''theres no such thing as true love", should take a page from this couple's 'book of love'! ❤
Napoléon I and Joséphine were Emperor and Empress of the French, not of France.
When they married, it is said that they used the papers of their siblings to document their baptism, making her a bit younger and him a bit older.
In 1814 Joséphine died of pneunomia.
Napolan’s siblings would be a great video they led interesting lives
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I’ve just watched the Napoleon movie in the cinema and I loved it, he truly loved her and at times frustrated with her as she was not able to give him an heir to the empire. She died without his presence while he died in Helena while on exile.
Lindsay, I don't know why you say that Napoleon did not love Marie Louise. Anyone who has ever read Napoleon's letter to her would know that is simply not true. Although clearly Josephine was the love of Napoleon's life, and remained so even after their divorce, Napoleon appeared to truly also love Marie Louise. They only had four years together before he was exiled from France.
It’s truly remarkable sophisticated and way ahead of there time hey can we just say what a true man Napoleon was his true enthusiasm for his wife you can’t find that type of love anymore
Love Joséphine!!!! Thank you for making a video on her, she doesn’t get that much attention considering the incredible life she lived.
Oh my gosh, this love story is crazy , this man was confident and not intimidated by older ladies. 😂
Would you ever consider doing a video on Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror?
Matilda of Flanders is featured in her queens and consorts of England pt 2 video, but she doesn’t have her own vid
I absolutely love your videos! I would love to watch you talk about the Brazilian empire and princess Leopoldina.
I love your videos! I would love to see a video of the Crown Jewels of different monarchies around the world 😊
Useful Charts has videos on the European and Asian Crown Jewels 🤔😎
Ohhh yes!!!
Love the video, Lindsay! Thank you so much for all the wonderful research and work. I would also love video about Empress Farah Pahlavi, the last Queen of Iran, in this series. She is so interesting, yet not known as well as other queens. I also think it would be great to spotlights Iranian women like her given the human rights uprising in the country right now. Thanks!
Napoleon and Josephine are the greatest, most complex couple in history. They are an example of true love, but their story is not meant for the faint of heart. Napoleon is all gray, but his love for Josephine was one of his shining redeeming qualities. As a former man-hating feminist with a t-shirt saying “f*ck the patriarchy”, you would think I would be triggered by him but I actually find him quite hilarious and endearing. I’ve done heaps of research on them and know without a doubt that I will love them as long as I live. ❤
"To the guillotine!" -Maximilien Robespierre, probably
I am from Martinique, and I am delighted that you also included the Martinican sentiment towards her. We do not like her indeed. Brilliant video ;)
Napoleon still had feelings for her after her death in 1814, same year he Abdicate the throne
Technically she was not "Empresses of France", she would have been Empress of the French as Napoleon was a popular monarch.
Thank you! I've been waiting for this video for months! 😄
lindsayyyy!! please do a video on royal twins or triplets, quadruplets, etc. i think that would be very interesting to watch ^^
Twin here yes!!!!
This is my favorite series. It's why I found your channel ! Thank you
Oh I hadn't known you'd done this video! I'm just starting it, but had to comment on my excitement! 🙏💜💫
Thank you for this wonderful information. Helps fill in the blanks my grandmother did not know about our distant ancestor.
It's hard to swallow with our modern romantic lens, but I believe Napoleon did love Josephine. Yes, he annulled their marriage. But the peace and prosperity of his whole empire and his entire legacy rested on having an heir. If the son of his brother and her daughter lived, he might not have done that. He was backed into a corner.
Still, he stayed with her for longer than most modern marriages last. He secured the futures of her children, which is much more than what modern men would do for the children of other men. He showed her more respect than most modern men show their women. And he still remembered her on his death bed. I bet he regretted annulling her then.
I really enjoyed this video 🙏
Yessss I’m so excited! Such a fascinating women
Please do a video on Desiree Clary, Napoléon's first great love 🥺🥺
IM SO EXCITED FOR NAPOLEONS SIBLINGS
I would absolutely love a video about his second wive
Have you ever considered doing a video on Wu Zetian the first female Emperor of China?
I think she already did
She already did Empress Wu Zetian. It's actually out for over a year.
The French like to say that after he divorced Josephine Napoleon ran out of luck...
She was his lucky charm
Ridley Scott ia making a Napoleon's movie starring Joaquin Phoenix that will focus on the relationship with Josephine.
I cannot wait. Do you know when it will come out, finally?
History tea time can you please do a video of the parents of presidents who saw there terms
Please make a video about the Brazilian imperial family!
2:43 4 + 4,I'm so glad!❤
You should do napoleons mom next
Napoleon famously said regarding his beloved mother "Mother, what a man" 😂🤣
Always cracks me up, because I totes get it!
Are there any surviving documents from the mistresses or courtesans about exactly what they did differently than others to seduce these powerful men? I think there is only so much one can do in bed
I've always wondered this, especially with Ivan the Terrible's first wife, like WHAT DID SHE DO??
Long live Napoleon ! Long live the empire.
very interesting
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil was the father of Queen Maria II of Portugal and their spouses were siblings.
I disliked Napolean because he ruined the intriguing reign of the ancien regime. But then I remembered how the royals and nobles of the time were happy to frolic about while most of the country was left to starve in abject poverty.
No. No. No. Napoleon or his regime had little to do with the demise of the ancient regime.
The revolutionaries were at their last phase when Napoleon rose from the ranks of the French Army and finally rose to be the leader of the French.
@@Thedarkestduchess I stand corrected if that is the case. I still wonder what a modern French royal family would look like
@@ledam2654 me too, all of the time..
@Melancholy Moon There are modern French nobles with chateaux and castles but that's it
would you ever make a video about the queens of the Belgians?
I would love to see a video about Queen Astrid!
Please can you add the subtitles to this video? Thank you!
try a video on the kings of scotland
wooh! exited!
Why aren’t captions available?
Worrying about an heir to the throne was useless since Napoleon's empire was not bound to last
I wish Hollywood would get off the whole younger woman older man thing. While Vanessa Kirby is a brilliant actress who looks a great deal like Josephine in the new film, at the time of filming she was 34 to Joaquin Phoenix's 48. Josephine was 6 years older than Napoleon.
Did you know that…..
Napoleon Bonaparte abolished all penalties for homosexual acts occurring between adults in private and without violence
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Funny, I just learned about the French Revolution in History last week
Boy, she sure is a great kisser!
I CAME HERE JUST TO SAY THAT. But really, she is a great kisser
Is there anyone here who hasn’t kissed my wife?!
@@damonika09 yeah, you
History ❤
This is not history. Josephine was not born in Martinique, she was born in Saint Lucia many of her relatives live in the village of Anse-La-Raye.
WOW thats quite interesting will anyone from all . We all come from this family. Right. If not let's just post here 😀
I'm glad they took down her statue in Martinique, her story will always be available in history archives, there's no need to keep public monuments of enslavers erected.
Hi from Martinique
Yes true
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The fact that she had nasty teeth is kinda gross. I know most did back then though. I know it was common but 🤢
Can't help thinking that she and George Washington were from the same era
Actually the Napoleonic Period was a very "clean" time overall. Napoleon himself was obsessed about his hygeine. The reason Josephine had bad teeth was because she ate way too much sugar.
@est9949 Ha! Yea, his teeth were fucked up too. Our glorious leaders, huh?
It is thought that her days of being a prisoner during "the terror" brought on early menopause and is the reason why she couldn't bear anymore children/loved Napoleon but was rather lukewarm with him.
That led Josephine to her downfall of her failed marriage.
Despite the complexities of their marriage, had Josephine bore a male heir for Napoleon she may have not been met with an anullment.
now this is good!
I just realiseg loyalty was in our women stronger than any power
If only Ridley Scott had watched this video...
I heard she's a great kisser
Is that an oversimplified quote??
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Napoleon loved josephine very much. I think so he conquered europe for his love. If napoleon had not divorced josephine he would have still won many battles and extended his kingdom. He loved josephine truly and i think its for her that he became an emperor, to make josephine his empress. Josephine was his source of strength because it is told that in battles he thoght of josephine.
Wow brown hair. How exciting
What a shame about the statue. They could have erected a new one next to it or given it back to France. 🇺🇲 🇲🇫
well with Aragon is now ok....so happy end
Like your video's instead watching the never ending drama's news, little history art better than Musk, Trump nonsense thanks again 🙌🏼
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Definitely ain't the descendants of the Bonaparte murals of the mayans
With all due respect, I find it disgraceful that you recited her wikipedia page almost verbatim. I do really enjoy your videos, but when I went to look for more information on wikipedia, I noticed most of your phrasing was word for word. I appreciate the time you take to put biographies in video format, but I assumed you also took the time to draft your own scripts. This isn’t necessarily plagiarism because wikipedia is open source, but this seems a bit sloppy.
Her infertility is not at all unusual. For her chronological age during that time women often became quite barren by age 28
People always ask why Napoleon had his hand in his jacket in painting. This is because this is a Freemasonic sign. Napoleon and his brother Joseph were high degree freemasons.
I understand the protesters who destroyed her statue called themselves anti racist. However it seems more like they were anti history.
If you want people to remember pieces of the past you don't want to be repeated It's best to leave the remnants of the past undeleted
Or it's guaranteed to be repeated.
Where's the proof they will say? Knowing it was obsolet.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.
I think everyone forgets, yes they made history, but they were not good people. No person who associated or participated in enslavement or torture of anyone is a good person. Bad people can do good things, but they are still bad people. Those who do not see wrong or ignored what their family was doing are just as bad as them. What is the purpose of looking up to those statues when they are reminders of the chaos and crimes against humanity they did? They founded something? People find things every day. That is why we tear down the statues.
You don’t learn history from statues. They don’t exist to teach, they exist to glorify. You learn history from history books just like you learn maths and English from books. If you can learn calculus without visiting a statue, you can learn history without a statue
1750s
You posted a video about a noblewoman who was dug up and her skeleton put on display for people to kiss and take her teeth. I can't remember the woman's name could you please help me.
Katherine of Valois, who was kissed by Samuel Pepys after being dead for several centuries.
Catherine de Valois I believe.
1760s
“It is a womb that I am marrying” 🤮🤢🤢
I wad hoping for a more in-depth and less romanticised rhetoric. This just seems like a reading of the wikipedia page, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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this starts very badly !!! joesphine did not went to france when she was 10 but when she was 15 as second choice to her younger sister (who died) to marry alexandre de beauharnais ! The picture of her aunt Desiree is actually a selfportrait of Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun a famous court portraitist .....thats only 2 mins into your video ....jeez do your research if you want to educate people correctly
That is an excessive dog mom. They couldn't even get it on the wedding night because of a dog? It sounds like she married him for what he could provide.
He did provide her a lot poor guy!
I think I heard she's from the Caribbean so why is she depicted as white please? I'll be grateful if you answer this please. You're doing a great job❤️
She already said in the video that her family were white colonists living in the Caribbean.
Elon musk was born in South Africa, but he’s white. Same thing here