Editing Joséphine de Beauharnais (section)

==Descendants==
[[File:Жозефина Лейхтенбергская, королева Швеции и Норвегии.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Joséphine's eldest granddaughter, [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg|Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway]]. Portrait by [[Axel Nordgren]]]]

[[Hortense de Beauharnais|Hortense]]'s son, [[Napoleon III]], became Emperor of the French. [[Eugène de Beauharnais|Eugène]]'s son [[Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg]] married into the Russian Imperial family, was granted the style of [[Imperial Highness]] and founded the Russian line of the Beauharnais family, while Eugene's daughter [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg|Joséphine]] married King [[Oscar I of Sweden]], the son of [[Napoleon]]'s one-time fiancée, [[Désirée Clary]]. Through her, Joséphine is a direct ancestor of the present heads of the royal houses of [[Monarchy of Belgium|Belgium]], [[Monarchy of Denmark|Denmark]], [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]], [[Monarchy of Norway|Norway]] and [[Monarchy of Sweden|Sweden]] and of the grandducal house of [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

A number of jewels worn by modern-day royals are often said to have been worn by Joséphine. Through the Leuchtenberg inheritance, the [[Norwegian royal family]] possesses an emerald and diamond [[parure]] said to have been Joséphine's.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} The [[Monarchy of Sweden|Swedish royal family]] owns several pieces of jewelry frequently linked to Joséphine, including the [[Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure]],{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} a suite of amethyst jewels,{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} and the [[Joséphine de Beauharnais Cameo Parure|Cameo Parure]], worn by Sweden's royal brides.{{CN|date=May 2024}}

Another of Eugène's daughters, [[Amélie of Leuchtenberg]], married Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], and became Empress of Brazil, and they had one surviving daughter, [[Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil]], who was briefly engaged to Archduke Maximilian of Austria, before he became [[Maximilian I of Mexico]], before her early death.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}