Letter from Prince Eugene Napoleon announcing the birth of his first son
9 December 1810
Milan, Italy
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Prince Eugene writing to formally announce the birth of his first son, later to be
named Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais. The letter written to a ‘Prince’
is probably to LeBrun, Arch-
Prince
La Princesse vice Reine vient d’accoucher heureusement d’un garçon. Je m’empresse de vous donner cette nouvelle persuadé que je suis, que votre Altesse, la recevra avec intérêt et plaisir, et qu’elle agréera l’empressement que je mets à la lui donner comme un nouveau témoignage des sentiments que je lui ai voué, et dont j’aime à lui renouveler l’assurance.
Milan la 9 Xbre 1810
Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais. 1810-
Born in Milan, Lombardy, he was the eldest son of Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon
I's stepson, and Princess Augusta of Bavaria. On the 1 December 1834 he married Queen
Maria II of Portugal. The groom was almost twenty-
He arrived in Portugal shortly thereafter and the couple were wed in person in Lisbon on 26 January 1835. However Auguste fell ill and died only two months later.
His dynastic connections were exceptional, considering his paternal lineage: among
his sisters were Joséphine, Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden, and Amélie, Empress
consort of his father-