Josephine's Early Life (Napoleon's first wife)

Josephine was born in 1763 in the West Indies on an island called Martinique. When she was born her name wasn't Josephine, in fact it was Marie-Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie. Josephine or Marie was raised on a slave plantation; she became of noble blood by marrying a French officer, Vicomte Alexandre Beauharnais, in 1779. They had two children a boy, Eugene and a girl, Hortense. Her marriage to him was an unhappy one because he …

…her life, because she had achieved financially stable, independent, in good health, and was with her children. She soon had a quite large amount of wealth, which attracted more men. It was around this time she met Napoleon. She married him in 1796 and a few years later they both went on to become the Emperor and the Empress of France.<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>