Hortense de Beauharnais

Hortense de Beauharnais was a French composer (1783–1837). She was born at Paris and died at Arenenberg Castle with Chapel and Park.

Also recorded as Eugénie-Hortense de Beauharnais; Hortense Eugénie de Beauharnais; Eugenie-Hortense de Beauharnais; Hortense Eugenie de Beauharnais; Hortense Eugenie Beauharnais; Hortense.

Hortense de Beauharnais in brief

Born
1783
Died
1837
Known for
composer
Place of birth
Paris
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Eugénie-Hortense de Beauharnais, Hortense Eugénie de Beauharnais, Eugenie-Hortense de Beauharnais, Hortense Eugenie de Beauharnais and Hortense Eugenie Beauharnais. Her recorded language was French. Her recorded confession was Catholic Church.

She was the child of Alexandre de Beauharnais, Napoleon and Joséphine de Beauharnais. She married Louis Bonaparte. 4 children are recorded: Napoleon III, Napoleon Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon Charles Bonaparte and Charles de Morny, Duke of Morny.

Holdings and surviving copies

Mémoires De La Reine Hortense, Tome 1 (2020) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Book 1 (2020) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Hortense de Beauharnais may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Hortense de Beauharnais is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q229875.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Beauharnais, Hortense de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais, ca. 1807–11, The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Volume 1: Continental and American, 2024. The Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris, Oxford Scholarship Online, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Mémoires De La Reine Hortense, Tome 3 (2020) — Internet Archive. Mémoires De La Reine Hortense, Tome 1 (2020) — Internet Archive. Mémoires De La Reine Hortense, Tome 2 (2020) — Internet Archive. Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Book 1 (2020) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 40 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

training under Auguste-Siméon Garneray is recorded. the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands, Paris and Germany. Positions recorded include queen consort.

Work by Hortense de Beauharnais is recorded in the collections of National Museum Paleis het Loo and Royal Collections of the Netherlands.

Chronology

  1. 1783Hortense de Beauharnais born at Paris.
  2. 1783Hortense de Beauharnais was born in 1783 at Paris.
  3. 1837Hortense de Beauharnais died at Arenenberg Castle with Chapel and Park.
  4. 1837Hortense de Beauharnais died in 1837 at Arenenberg Castle with Chapel and Park.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Beauharnais, Eugène de, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Beauharnais, Hortense de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Beauharnais, Prince Eugène de, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris, Oxford Scholarship Online, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais, ca. 1807–11, The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Volume 1: Continental and American, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Hortense de Beauharnais as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 190 works naming Hortense de Beauharnais.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q229875: Hortense de Beauharnais

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Hortense de Beauharnais”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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