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Eugénie


Eu·gé·nie

E0236200 (yo͞o-jē′nē, œ-zhā-nē′) 1826-1920. Empress of France (1853-1871) as the wife of Napoleon III. She acted as regent during the emperor's absences and is thought to have influenced events leading to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which ended in defeat for France.

Eugénie

(French øʒeni) n (Biography) original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III

Eu•gé•nie

(œ ʒeɪˈni)

n. Comtesse de Teba (Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán), 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.

Eugénie


Eugénie

(yo͞ojē`nē, Fr. özhānē`), 1826–1920, empress of the French (1853–70), consort of Napoleon IIINapoleon III
(Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), 1808–73, emperor of the French (1852–70), son of Louis Bonaparte (see under Bonaparte, family), king of Holland. Early Life
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. Born in Spain, she was christened Eugenia María de Montijo de Guzmán and was the daughter of the Spanish conde de Teba and of a woman of Scottish descent. Exceptionally beautiful and charming, she was presented (1851) to Prince Louis Napoleon, who fell in love with her and married her in 1853. She took an active part in the politics of the Second Empire, acting as regent when Napoleon was at war. In 1870 she strongly supported the measures that led to war with Prussia (see Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian War
or Franco-German War,
1870–71, conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck (the Prussian chancellor) as part of his plan to create a unified German
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). Deposed (Sept., 1870) after Napoleon's capture at Sedan, she fled to England, and with the death (1879) of her only child, the prince imperial, she retired to Farnborough, Hampshire, where she and her husband and son are buried. In later life she made numerous trips abroad.

Bibliography

See biographies by M. Paléologue (tr. 1928), R. E. Sencourt (1931), R. Wellman (1941), and H. Kurtz (1964); N. N. Barker, Distaff Diplomacy (1967).

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