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See also:BEAUHARNAIS, See also:EUGENE DE (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 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 Eugene and his See also:sister Hortense; but their step-father proved to be no less See also:kind than watchful over their interests. 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. There he distinguished himself by his activity and bravery, and was wounded during the See also:siege of See also:Acre. 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. 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.
J. A. 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). (J. Hn.
End of Article: BEAUHARNAIS, EUGENE DE (1781-1824)
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