One of the things that studying royal weddings teaches you (very quickly!) is that romance often had very little to do with marriage, even among those monarchs who could choose their own spouse, and who claimed to marry for romance. The best example of this is the “romance” and marriage of Napoleon III and Eugenie de Montijo. Napoleon III was a notorious womaniser, and Eugenie was a notorious virgin – notorious for such because she refused to enter into affairs for reasons that were more strategically based than morally based. Eugenie and Napoleon first met in the early 1850s when he was president of France. The Spanish Eugenie was in Paris on a husband-hunting tour of Europe, and was the toast of the town for her beauty and grace. Naturally, Napoleon was intrigued, and began to pursue Eugenie, to no avail. One didn’t catch a husband by becoming the mistress of the President of France. Even once Napoleon staged a coup and became Emperor, Eugenie was not swayed. By all accounts the young Eugenie …

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These images of the Spanish-born French Empress are completely new to me. They're from a portfolio of photographs of the imperial lady i...

Franz Xavier Winterhalter 1805-1873 Duitsland

Maker: Adolphe Braun (1812-1877) Born: France Active: France Medium: collotype Size: 4" x 2.25" Location: France Object No. 2013.754 Shelf: E-16-NAPO Publication: Other Collections: Notes: TBAL To view our archive organized by themes and subjects, visit: OUR COLLECTIONS For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE

The story of these Emeralds is a truly fascinating one. Owned by two Empresses and a Queen, they have passed through several important jewellery houses but today remain locked away in private collections and bank vaults.

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