Eugène de Beauharnais [SEP] native language
and France again.
Eugène de Beauharnais died on 21 February 1824 in Munich.
Status and titles.
On 14 June 1804 he was made an official member of the imperial family as "His Imperial Highness", French Prince ("Prince français") Eugène de Beauharnais. By a statute of 5 June 1805 the Emperor added "Viceroy of Italy" to his titles.
Eugène was adopted by Napoleon on 12 January 1806, though excluded from succession to the French Empire. On 16 February 1806, Eugène
Auguste Napoléone de Beauharnais (1814–1857); married Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
- Princess Carolina Clotilde de Beauharnais (1816)
- Prince Maximilian Josèphe Eugène Auguste Napoléon de Beauharnais (1817–1852); married Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna of Russia, eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, and received the title of "Prince Romanovsky", addressed as "His Imperial Highness", in 1852.
A biography by Carola Oman, "Napoleon's Viceroy, Eugène de Beauharnais", appeared in 1966.