Josephine Bonaparte and Eugénie Bonaparte

01/22/25 • 134 min

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The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Josephine and Eugénie, related by marriage, and separated by only a generation, both rose from relative obscurity to become the Empress of France during tumultuous times. The paths of these very different women never crossed, but they both were stars in their own time and left their unique marks on history.

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