The love story between Napoleon and Josephine is great. No body knows how
Napoleon and Josephine met. Some believe that Napoleon met her at a ball .When
Josephine heard of the kindness the young general showed to her son, she called
him to thank him in personally. 'Josephine
was very attractive. Her beauty was not common , she had a grace.'What we do
know for a fact is Napoleon's deep affection and love for Josephine from the
very first day of their relationship. He wrote many letters to her from day
one.,
They got married, Napoleon left on his Italian Campaign. He overwhelmed
Josephine with letters and declarations of his love. 'I curse the glory and
ambition" she used to read his letters aloud to her friends. Her own letters to
him were cold and rare. Napoleon was
faithful to Josephine while on campaign he insisted her to come and see him in
Italy. Josephine kept him waiting. Last thing she wanted was to leave Paris
with its theatre, balls, shopping and, most importantly, a young and dashing
soldiar Hippolyte Charles, with whom she had a very public affair. When she finally
came to Napoleon She brought Charles
with her.
Napoleon finally found out about the affair in 1798 in Egypt. 'I have a
great sorrow' Napoleon wrote to his brother Joseph. To
add insult to injury, this letter was published in England. Napoleon was
adamant in his desire to divorce Josephine as soon as he returned to Paris , He
stopped writing to her when he found out about the affair. Only after Josephine
betrayed him, Napoleon also had an affair with Pauline Foures, a
beautiful wife of one of the officers.
Napoleon forgave Josephine when he returned to Paris but their
relationship was never the same. His passion for her cooled, while she
developed a strong love and respect for her husband. Josephine would never be
unfaithful again but Napoleon would have many affairs. He divorced Josephine in
1809 because she couldn't give him an heir and married an Austrian princess
Marie Louise. He was very good to Josephine during the divorce, gifting her
with residences and generous annual allowance, paying off her massive debts and
allowing her to keep her Imperial title of Empress. They remained in touch
until Josephine died in 1814.
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