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HORTENSE BEAUHARNAIS

Hortense Eugenie Beauharnais was Queen of Holland. She was born in 1783 and died in 1837. She became Queen of Holland by marrying Louis Bonaparte, and after Louis' abdication of the throne she lived apart from him. She wrote several excellent songs, and composed some deservedly popular airs, among others the well-known Partant pour la Syrie. Napoleon III. was her third and youngest son.
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