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Title: A life of Napoleon Boneparte:
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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re the recommendations of thefrequent letters he wrote her. Sometimes he went to seeher, and he told her all the details of his life. It is certainthat he neglected no opportunity of comforting her, and thatshe, on her side, finally accepted her lot with resignation andkindliness. Over two years before the divorce a list of the marriage-able princesses of Europe had been drawn up for Napoleon.This list included eighteen names in all, the two most promi-nent being Marie Louise of Austria, and Anna Paulowna,sister of Alexander of Russia. At the Erfurt conferencethe project of a marriage with a Russian princess had beendiscussed, and Alexander had favored it; but now that anattempt was made to negotiate the affair, there were nu-merous delays, and a general lukewarmness which angeredNapoleon. Without waiting for the completion of the Rus-sian negotiations, he decided on Marie Louise. The marriage ceremony was performed in Vienna onMarch 12, 1810, the Archduke Charles acting for Napoleon.
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< o ji a^i o •■^^ o O C^-rt5a &^ (u 3 u .-m o >, (U •^- o ° u^o^ o ^ I oO>H — C o £ g H U (U 226 THE DIVORCE—A NEW WIFE 227 The emperor first saw his new wife some days later on theroad between Soissons and Compiegne, where he had goneto meet her in most unimperial haste, and in contradictionto the pompous and comphcated ceremony which had beenarranged for their first interview. From the beginning hewas frankly delighted with Marie Louise. In fact, the newempress was a most attractive girl, young, fresh, modestwell-bred, and innocent. She entirely filled Napoleons idealof a wife, and he certainly was happy with her. Marie Louise in marrying Napoleon had felt that shewas a kind of sacrificial offering, for she had naturally adeep horror of the man who had caused her country somuch woe; but her dread was soon dispelled,

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