Chapter I: Front Matter

M E M O I R S O F
T H E E M P R E S S J O S E P H I N E

BY MADAME DE RÉMUSAT
_Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress_

V O L U M E I I

_With a Special Introduction_
_and Illustrations_

N E W Y O R K
P F C O L L I E R & S O N
P U B L I S H E R S

Copyright 1879
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright 1910
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON

CONTENTS

VOLUME II

PAGE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 408

CHAPTER XVI
(1805-1806.)
State of Paris during the War—Cambacérès—Le Brun—Mme. Louis
Bonaparte—Marriage of Eugène de Beauharnais—Bulletins and
Proclamations—Admiration of the Emperor for the Queen of
Bavaria—Jealousy of the Empress—M. de Nansouty—Mme. de
——.—Conquest of Naples—Position and Character of the Emperor 409

CHAPTER XVII
(1806.)
The Death of Pitt—Parliamentary Debates in England—Public
Works—Industrial Exhibition—New Etiquette—Performances at the
Opéra House and at the Comédie Française—Monotony of the
Court—Opinions of the Empress—Mme. Louis Bonaparte—Mme.
Murat—The Bourbons—New Ladies-in-Waiting—M. Molé—Mme.
d’Houdetot—Mme. de Barante 428

CHAPTER XVIII
(1806.)
The Emperor’s Civil List—His Household and its Expenses—Dress of
the Empress and of Mme. Murat—Louis Bonaparte—Prince
Borghese—Fêtes at Court—The Empress’s Family—Marriage of
Princess Stéphanie—Jealousy of the Empress—Theatricals at
Malmaison 452

CHAPTER XIX
The Emperor’s Court—His Ecclesiastical Household—His Military
Household—The Marshals—The Ladies—Delille—Chateaubriand—Mme. de
Genlis—Romances—Literature—Arts 474

CHAPTER XX
(1806.)
_Senatus Consultum_ of the 30th of March—Foundation of Monarchies
and Duchies—Queen Hortense 506

CHAPTER XXI
(1806.)
I go to Cauterets—The King of Holland—Factitious Tranquillity of
France—M. de Metternich—The New Catechism—The Germanic
Confederation—Poland—Death of Mr. Fox—War is declared—Departure
of the Emperor—M. Pasquier and M. Molé—Session of the
Senate—The Opening of Hostilities—The Court—Reception of
Cardinal Maury 528

CHAPTER XXII
(1806-1807.)
Death of Prince Louis of Prussia—Battle of Jena—The Queen of
Prussia and the Emperor Alexander—The Emperor and the
Revolution—Court Life at Mayence—Life in Paris—Marshal
Brune—Taking of Lubeck—The Princess of Hatzfeld—The Auditors of
the State Council—Sufferings of the Army—The King of
Saxony—Battle of Eylau 553

CHAPTER XXIII
(1807.)
The Return of the Empress to Paris—The Imperial
Family—Junot—Fouché—The Queen of Holland—Levy of the Conscripts
of 1808—Theatricals at Court—Letter from the Emperor—Siege of
Dantzic—Death of the Empress of Austria—Death of Queen
Hortense’s Son—M. Decazes—The Emperor’s Want of Feeling 576

CHAPTER XXIV
(1807.)
The Duke of Dantzic—Fouché’s Police—Battle of Friedland—M. de
Lameth—Treaty of Tilsit—Return of the Emperor—M. de
Talleyrand—The Ministers—The Bishops 595

CHAPTER XXV
(1807.)
Vexations at Court—Friendship with M. de Talleyrand—General
Rapp—General Clarke—Session of the Legislative Bodies—The
Emperor’s Speech—Fêtes of the 15th of August—Marriage of Jérôme
Bonaparte—Death of Le Brun—The Abbé Delille—M. de
Chateaubriand—Dissolution of the Tribunate—The Court removes to
Fontainebleau 613

CHAPTER XXVI
(1807.)
The Power of the Emperor—Resistance of the English—The Emperor’s
Life at Fontainebleau—Plays—Talma—King Jérôme—The Princess of
Baden—The Grand Duchess of Berg—Princess
Borghese—Cambacérès—Foreign Princes—Spanish Affairs—Previsions
of M. de Talleyrand—M. de Rémusat is made Superintendent of
Theatres—The Fortunes and the Difficulties of the Marshals 635

CHAPTER XXVII
(1807-1808.)
Projects of Divorce 674

CHAPTER XXVIII

(1807-1808.)
Return from Fontainebleau—The Emperor’s Journey in Italy—The
Youth of M. de Talleyrand—Fêtes at the Tuileries—The Emperor
and the Artists—The Emperor’s Opinion of the English
Government—The Marriage of Mlle. de Tascher—Count
Romanzoff—Marriage of Marshal Berthier—The University—Affairs
of Spain 693

CHAPTER XXIX
(1808.)
The War with Spain—The Prince of the Peace—The Prince of the
Asturias—The Abdication of King Charles IV.—The Departure of
the Emperor—His Sojourn at Bayonne—Letter of the
Emperor—Arrival of the Princes in France—Birth of the Second
Son of the Queen of Holland—Abdication of the Prince of the
Asturias 723

CONCLUSION 742
POSTSCRIPT 760

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME II

“MY POOR JOSEPHINE, I CANNOT LEAVE YOU”
_from the painting by L. J. Pott_

“FOR TWELVE HOURS THEY FOUGHT WITHOUT EITHER SIDE
BEING ABLE TO CLAIM THE VICTORY”
_from the painting by F. Schommer_

QUEEN LOUISE TRYING TO WIN FAVOR FROM NAPOLEON FOR PRUSSIA
_from the painting by R. Eichstadt_

MEMOIRS OF THE
EMPRESS JOSEPHINE