In 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte married the woman who would become his legendary empress
Before he was an emperor, a young Napoleon Bonaparte married a charismatic widow in a ceremony marked by forged documents and a ring inscribed with the words 'To Destiny.'
In 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte married Joséphine de Beauharnais, a woman six years his senior who would become one of history's most famous empresses. Napoleon was so infatuated that he reportedly lied about his age on the marriage certificate to close their age gap, while Joséphine did the same.
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