Hot Famous Couples

Huge painting showing Napoleon crowning Josephine.

There have been many famous lovers throughout centuries and we would like to tell you one that took place during the 1700’s. This is the story of Napoleon and Josephine. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 and died during the year 1821. He was born in Corsica. During the year 1785, he became an officer in the army and after going up promotions, he took command during 1795 of an army.

Marie -Josphe-Rose (Josephine) was born during 1763 and died in 1814. She grew up on Martinique, which was a nice island. During the year 1779, he married Vicomte de Beauharnais and during that time, she moved to Pairs. Together, they had two children, however, the couple ended up separating.

During the year 1795, she met Napoleon and that following year, they got married. During the year 1804, she was blessed by being crowned empress. However, during 1809, Napoleon ended the thirteen year marriage. During this time, she went to Malmaison, which is where she died during 1814. When Napolean nullified his marriage, he married Marie Louise of Austria and had a son together.

Napoleon became a general at a young age. Nearly all officers that he commanded were older than he was. He felt that if he married a woman that was older than him, he would be able to claim that he was older in order to gain respect from his fellow officers. However, he didn’t want to marry just any older woman, she had to be rich as well. When Napoleon met Rose, (that was Josephine’s name), he didn’t like her name, so he started to call her Josephine. Josephine married Napoleon after being told he had another mistress and could not afford to support them both and she would be thrown out on the street. She was a compulsive spender and could not bear that thought.

After marriage, Napoleon had to go to Italy. He loved Josephine, but she didn’t think much of him. At this time, she began to play around with his heart and had a long list of lovers. She pretended to miss him while she was gone and did everything in her power not to go to Italy to join him. She went as far as saying she was pregnant and was not able to travel. During this time, she was attending balls, parties and what’s that other thing? Oh yeah, committing adultery. Time passed and Napoleon learnt about Josephine. The tables turned and he wasn’t a faithful husband anymore.