2-359-993 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Empress Eugenie of France, 1859. A Spanish noblewoman, Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920) was the last Empress Consort of France. She married Napoleon III in 1853, but was forced into exile in England with her husband when he was overthrown after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris.