See also:EUGENE DE See also:BEAUHARNAIS (1781-1824)
, step-son of See also:Napoleon I., was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 3rd of See also:September 1781
.
He was the son of-the See also:general See also:Viscount See also:Alexandre de See also:Beauharnais (1760-1794) and See also:Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie
.
The See also:father, who was born in See also:Martinique, and served in the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence, took See also:part in the politics of the See also:French Revolution, and in See also:June-See also:August 1793 commanded the See also:army of the See also:Rhine
.
His failure to fulfil the tasks imposed on him (especially that of the See also:relief of See also:Mainz) led to his being arrested, and he was guillotined (23rd June 1794) not See also:long before the fall of See also:Robespierre
.
The See also:marriage of his widow Josephine to Napoleon See also:Bonaparte in See also:March 1796 was at first resented by See also:Eugene and his See also:sister Hortense; but their step-father proved to be no less See also:kind than watchful over their interests
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In the See also:Italian See also:campaigns of 1796-1797 Eugene served as aide-de-See also:camp to Bonaparte, and accompanied him to See also:Egypt in the same capacity
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There he distinguished himself by his activity and bravery, and was wounded during the See also:siege of See also:Acre
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Bonaparte brought him back to See also:France in the autumn of 1799, and it is known that the intervention of Eugene and Hortense helped to bring about the reconciliation which then took See also:place between Bonaparte and Josephine
.
The services rendered by Eugene at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the coup d'etat of See also:Brumaire (1749) and during the Consulate (1799-1804) served to establish his fortunes, despite the efforts of some of the Bonapartes to destroy the See also:influence of the Beauharnais and bring about the See also:divorce of Josephine
.
After the See also:proclamation of the See also:Empire, Eugene received the See also:title of See also:prince, with a yearly See also:stipend of 200,000 francs, and became general of the chasseurs d cheval of the Guard
.
A See also:year later, when the Italian See also:republic became the See also:kingdom of See also:Italy, with Napoleon as See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, Eugene received the title of See also:viceroy, with large administrative See also:powers
.
(See ITALY.) Not long after the See also:battle of See also:Austerlitz (2nd See also:December 1805) Napoleon dignified the elector of See also:Bavaria with the title of king and arranged a marriage between Eugene and the princess See also:Augusta Amelia of Bavaria
.
On the whole the See also:government of Eugene gave general See also:satisfaction in the kingdom of Italy; it comprised the districts between the Simplon Pass and See also:Rimini, and also after the See also:peace of Presburg (December 1805), See also:Istria and See also:Dalmatia
.
In 1808 (on the further See also:partition of the papal states) the frontier of thekingdom was extended southwards to the See also:borders of the kingdom of See also:Naples, in the part known as the Abruzzi
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In the See also:campaign of 1809 Eugene commanded the army of Italy, with General (afterwards See also:Marshal) See also:Macdonald as his adlatus
.
The battle of Sacile, where he fought against the See also:Austrian army of the See also:Arch-See also:duke See also:John, did not yield proofs of military See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent on the part of Eugene or of Macdonald; but on the See also:retreat of the enemy into Austrian territory (owing to the disasters of their See also:main army on the See also:Danube) Eugene's forces pressed them vigorously and finally won an important victory at Raab in the See also:heart of the Austrian empire
.
Then, joining the main army under Napoleon, in the See also:island of See also:Lobau in the Danube, near See also:Vienna, Eugene and Macdonald acquitted themselves most creditably in the See also:great battle of See also:Wagram (6th See also:July 1809)
.
In 1810 Eugene received the title of See also:grand-duke of See also:Frankfort
.
Equally meritorious were his services and those of the large Italian contingent in the campaign of 1812 in See also:Russia
.
He and they distinguished them-selves especially at the battles of See also:Borodino and Malojaroslavitz; and on several occasions during the disastrous retreat which ensued, Eugene's soldierly constancy and devotion to Napoleon shone out conspicuously in 1813-1814, especially by contrast with the tergiversations of See also:Murat
.
On the downfall of the See also:Napoleonic regime Eugene retired to See also:Munich, where he continued to reside, with the title duke of Leuchtenberg and prince of Eichstadt
.
He died in 1824, leaving two surviving sons and three daughters
.
For further details concerning Eugene see Memoires et correspondance politique et militaire du Prince Eugene, edited by See also:Baron A
.
See also:Ducasse (io vols., Paris, 1858—1860); F
.
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Schneidewind, Prinz Eugen, See also:Herzog von Leuchtenberg in den Feldziigen seiner Zeit (See also:Stockholm, 1857) ; A
.
Purlitzer, Une Idylle sous Napoleon Pr: le See also:roman du Prince Eugene (Paris, 1895) ; F
.
See also:Masson, Napoleon et sa famille (Paris, 1897-1900)
.
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