Thank you for your answer. The question was actually asked by
Jansy, not I--I just quoted it for an argument--but anyway I thank you
for participating in the TT group reading. I also feel sorry
for Marie Louise for her arraged marriage in spite of her will--if my memory is
correct, she fainted when she was told she was going to marry Napoleon--but I
doubt she plays an important role in TT as Jansy
thinks.
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:47:15
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From: Carolyn <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Dear
Akiko,
While still a student, Hugh would already have been
suffering from a
jealous rage, such as Napoleonīs might have been
because..did not
Bonaparteīs second wife Marie Louise betray him and bear
two children from
Count Neipperg?
The answer to this question is yes
and no. Marie Louise did "betray" the
exiled Napoleon with Neipperg, who
was to become after Napoleon's death her
morganatic husband. She did refuse
to join Napoleon in Elba & he threatened
to have her forcibly abducted.
That seems to have ended the marriage for all
intents and
purposes.
However in his will, Napoleon spoke of his child bride with
tenderness and
forgave her. Her children with Neipperg were born after
Napoleon's death.
She was again widowed and again remarried.
I have
a soft spot in my heart for Marie Louise, because the story of her
arranged
marriage with Napoleon, whom she had been raised to regard as
the
Antichrist, is such a marvelous "Beauty and the Beast"
story.
Carolyn
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EDNOTE.
Personally, I'm more an admirer of Josephine.
Dear Akiko,
While still a student, Hugh would already have been
suffering from a jealous rage, such as Napoleonīs might have been
because..did not Bonaparteīs second wife Marie Louise betray him and
bear two children from Count Neipperg?
The answer to
this question is yes and no. Marie Louise did "betray" the exiled Napoleon
with Neipperg, who was to become after Napoleon's death her morganatic
husband. She did refuse to join Napoleon in Elba & he threatened to have
her forcibly abducted. That seems to have ended the marriage for all intents
and purposes.
However in his will, Napoleon spoke of his child bride
with tenderness and forgave her. Her children with Neipperg were born after
Napoleon's death. She was again widowed and again remarried.
I have a
soft spot in my heart for Marie Louise, because the story of her arranged
marriage with Napoleon, whom she had been raised to regard as the Antichrist,
is such a marvelous "Beauty and the Beast" story.
Carolyn