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===Death=== Joséphine died of [[pneumonia]] in [[Rueil-Malmaison]] on 29 May 1814, soon after walking with Emperor [[Alexander I of Russia]] in the gardens of Malmaison, where she allegedly begged to join Napoleon in exile. She was buried in the nearby church of Saint Pierre-Saint Paul<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.napoleon-empire.net/en/personalities/josephine.php |title=Empress Josephine's short biography in Napoleon & Empire website, displaying photographs of the castle of Malmaison and the grave of Josephine |publisher=Napoleon-empire.net |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> in [[Rueil]]. Her daughter Hortense is interred near her.{{fact|date = August 2024}} Napoleon learned of her death via a French journal while in exile on [[Elba]], and stayed locked in his room for two days, refusing to see anyone. He claimed to a friend, while in exile on Saint Helena, that "I truly loved my Joséphine, but I did not respect her."<ref>Markham, Felix, ''Napoleon'', p. 245.</ref> Despite numerous affairs, eventual marriage annulment, and his remarriage, the Emperor's last words on his death bed at St. Helena were: "France, the Army, the Head of the Army, Joséphine." ("{{lang|fr|France, l'armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine}}").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40804/40804-h/40804-h.htm#Page_220 |title=Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 123, March 6, 1852 {{!}} A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. {{!}} Page 220 |website=[[Project Gutenberg]] |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>
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