Editing Joséphine de Beauharnais (section)

===Duchess of Navarre===
[[File:Joséphine de Beauharnais by Andrea Appiani.png|thumb|upright|Portrait of Joséphine later in life by [[Andrea Appiani]]]]
[[File:Chateaudemalmaison.jpg|thumb|Château de Malmaison near Paris]]

After the annulment, Joséphine lived at the Château de Malmaison, near Paris. She remained on good terms with Napoleon, who once said that the only thing to come between them was her debts. (Joséphine remarked privately, "The only thing that ever came between us was my debts; certainly not his manhood."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia |title=[[Napoleon: A Life]]}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref>) In April 1810, by letters patent, Napoleon created her Duchess of Navarre. Some claim Napoleon and Joséphine were still secretly in love, though it is impossible to verify this.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Recueil général des lois et des arrêts |publisher=Bureaux de l'Administration du recueil |year=1859 |volume=38 |page=76 |lang=fr}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date = August 2024}}

In March 1811, Marie Louise delivered a long-awaited heir, [[Napoleon II]], to whom Napoleon gave the title "King of Rome".{{fact|date = August 2024}} Two years later Napoleon arranged for Joséphine to meet the young prince "who had cost her so many tears".{{cite quote|date = August 2024}}