Indeed. Thank you for watching, Wayne.

Really ? Would you care to explain it for me ? I didn't quite understand ?

He actually regarded divorcing Joséphine cause he thought she was his lucky star.

Thank you very much for your kind comment.

Thank you for your comment, Patrick.

Many of the soldiers who died in Napoleon's ill-fated Russia campaign were Polish!

Indeed. Thank you for watching.

@@livesandhistories it was pleasure watching it. And you have a lovely voice.

@@ambreeniram2268 Thank you.

Glad you enjoyed it!

The Last Great Dance On Earth?

I'm so glad you liked it. Tragic that she died so young. Thank you for watching.

Thank you ever so much for your comment. It really means a lot to me to hear that. You take care too.

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Take him to paternity court

@@NIkki-ox1ej lol not paternity court 🤣🥴

He is Polish!

Perfect. Thank you for watching.

There was also a movies about her in 1937, called "Conquest." Greta Garbo played her and Charles Boyer played Napoleon.

Do you mean Alexandra Maria Lara, the Romanian-German actress?

But Napoléon wasn't accurate in my opinion.

​@@KJ-md2wj yay.

Greta Garbo as Marie Walewska - the golden years of Hollywood, I reckon. And it seems that they kept historical accuracy in view, so to speak. Wonderful.

i need to look for this movie! thanks for mentioning

So nice of you to say that. Thank you for watching Nina.

I am glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

Thank you for saying that.

Very kind of you to say that. Thank you Nlkki.

Thank you very much, Rebecca.

Thank you and welcome.

You're right.

Even Napoleon said that in politics there's no room for love, marrying Louise was completely political

OMG 50 YEARS AGO I MET HER AND SHE BOUGHT ME A PAIR OF GLOVES AND GAVE ME 100000 $

Thats terrible

Well, Josephine did have quite a history herself of infidelity

​@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000 Joséphine cheated on Napoléon with one guy when she wasn't in love with Napoléon, but after that she didn't cheated on him again, which still makes it not okay of course. But Napoléon cheated on Joséphine like... i don't even know, it is reported that he had like 22 mistresses, and those are just the known ones... i don't even include the one night stand affairs....

​@@bittersweetmadam Yes, many times with the same lover. I'm not saying she had many lovers. Napoleon did avenge her indefinitely with his own in Egypt, but I'm sure having the love of his life cheat on him, and having done so himself. It caused him to change his views on women then changing him to take more lovers.

Thank you, Michelle.

I just re-watched "Desirée" with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. The music and costumes are hokey and very fifties hollywood but Brando does a very decent Napoleon. Of course it follows the novel and makes Desirée seem like the only other love of his life (seems like he had many loves) but the story of Clary's life alone is worth reporting. I now recall that is how I found your channel. I watched the movie and algorithm brought me to your Clary story. Your work is excellent and thank you.

@@annastinehammersdottir1290 Thank you for watching my video. Yes, Napoleon was involved with many women.

@@livesandhistories I wonder how many illegitimate children Napoleon had….?

That is true. His last words were Vive la France et Josephine. His two great loves in his life.

@@angelamoreno5914 France, The Army, Josephine.

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Funny enough after Napoleon left Egypt Pauline was shacking up with one of Napoleon's good friends, Junot. And nother general. But ultimately yes, the woman Napoleon most loves was Josephine.

I love Queen Désirée the most, among the lovers of Bonaparte.

Actually Elenore Danuelle La Plaigne had Napoléon's child (Leon) before Walewska had.

​@@bittersweetmadamgood, seed was strong 😂

I did not know about her memoirs. Thank you for watching Jennifer.

@@livesandhistories I think KZfaq had a tantrum and deleted my first reply because of the URL link. With a properly worded Google search you should be able to find an English version of Marie's memoirs that is free to read. If English isn't your first language, I would hope it's possible to find a free, readable version in your native language.

@@jennifertennent8319 Thanks Jennifer.

@@jennifertennent8319 Thanks for your message you sent a while ago. It was placed in the spam folder, for some reason. Like you, I don't think Napoleon was disrespectful towards women.

@@livesandhistories Eh...you are never obligated to reply. Though it is nice to have an exchange of ideas on obscure topics such as this. Napoleon was a lot of things... I don't think you have to dig too deep to find evidence that his views and opinions of women in general were not great. I believe, women under his regime were mostly reduced to the status of legal dependents, like children, who cannot make their own decisions without the approval of a husband or male relative. He was not opposed to women being educated, but he thought this should serve the ultimate goal of making them better companions to their husbands and be a source of conversational stimulation. Although I don't believe he was ever physically violent toward any of his wives and mistresses... Flirting with other women in front of your wife, in front of Josephine... It may be a bit of a stretch, but you could maybe consider this a kind of relationship abuse. Napoleon could be very critical and insulting of women's appearance and how they dressed. The women of his court, wives of marshals, generals, ministers, etc, a few of these women he would make romantic advances toward and be rejected. I don't believe he ever forced himself on them, but I believe he could be quite unpleasant in his conduct when they refused to give in. To Napoleon, a woman's place was in the home as a faithful companion to her husband and mother to her children. Even for the time that he lived his views on women were out of date. At least to me it is something of a paradox that despite all the horrible sexists and misogynistic quotes that can be attributed to him... He could be protective of the women in his inner circle and maybe very selectively acknowledge they have valuable thoughts and insights. But perhaps, there is no contradiction. It's a man's duty and obligation to protect women who are inherently weaker and vulnerable. Being unable to protect the women in your life, especially from other men, is really an insult to the man because women are considered male property. I am not absolutely certain that Louis, physically abused Hortense, but it seems there were at the very least suspicions of spousal abuse because of visible marks on Hortense. Napoleon at some point did go to Louis and told him to straighten himself out or he would remove him from the throne of the Netherlands. I don't know...maybe being insulting, sending love notes, using the coercive lure of gifts and favors is acceptable, but being physically violent crosses a line. Napoleon would seek out Josephine to ask about the merits of going to war with Russia. She basically said, no, this is a bad idea. I don't think Marie Walewska was able to exert any real influence over Napoleon's decision making but it seems like they did have conversations about politics and I think there is evidence that he valued her opinions or otherwise found them interesting and engaging. I have re-read parts of Christine Sutherland's book on Marie Walewska multiple times. There is a certain coercive unpleasantness to Napoleon's courting of Walewska. Marie is pressured by friends, family and other Poles to entertain and reciprocate Napoleon's advances. Napoleon sends her written correspondence with gifts of flowers, and expensive jewels. I think according to one online source, Marie at one point quips, "He [Napoleon] treats me like a prostitute." Marie at this point was in an arranged marriage to a much older man in order to better the finances of her family. She was a wife, mother and God fearing catholic who had made sacred marital vows to her husband. Some women might have considered this an exciting prospect, but to Marie this was terrifying. Napoleon makes no explicit promises of restoring an independent Poland, but it's implied that her country will be so much more dear to him if she would only grace him with her presence. And even if it's not outright stated, it could be implied that by refusing to entertain and give into his advances--there is a risk Napoleon could take out his frustration on the Polish people. There is another layer of unpleasantness because as a child and teenager, Marie looked up to Napoleon as this God like hero who is going to liberate Europe and someone who could restore an independent Polish state into existence. At the time of their courting, Marie was aged 20 and Napoleon was 37, Marie's husband was, 50, 52 years older than her? Yeah...I don't care for Marie's husband, he is trash for how he treated her and a creep for marrying a woman so much younger than him. After much discussion and persuasion Marie agrees to visit Napoleon in private. "The society chronicler Francoice Trembicka, who was in Warsaw at the time, tells us that Emily finally won Marie over when she said, 'Go to the Emperor, talk to him about Poland, nothing need happen.' After all, it was up to her: indeed, nothing need happen at all..." pg 72 According to Constant Wairy, during the first visit, Marie was pale, trembling, her eyes full of tears, she could barely walk and clung to the arm of her escort, who showed her into the Emperor's study. Reportedly, they just sat and talked for a few hours. When Constant Wairy was summoned Marie was still crying and dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. Napoleon asked Marie about herself, her family, her marriage to Anastase. Marie talked about the need to restore an independent Poland. A day or two later at night Marie would see Napoleon again. And these visits would continue every day until Napoleon left Warsaw. Unless new information has been uncovered and this information has been deemed credible. We can only speculate about what might have transpired between Napoleon and Marie during this second visit. It doesn't make sense to me at least, that Marie would share the details of her first private meeting with Napoleon, but not say something to her friends and relatives about what a monster he is, how he abused, frightened and mistreated her. Surely, if Marie appeared disturbed and distressed because something did happen that was against her will someone would have noticed? Someone would have talked to her? Someone would have had the decency to whisk her away somewhere safe, somewhere she could be protected from the Emperor? Someone would have sent a strongly worded letter to the Emperor condemning him for his treatment of Marie? Word would have circulated of the Emperor's cruelty and Poles would be forced to reconsider their political alignment--possibly? And if he was so heartless, why on Earth would you go back to him day after day after day? It could be argued that Marie was so scared and afraid that she didn't dare speak a word against Napoleon. But I don't feel like this holds up because of the fact she willingly goes to stay with Napoleon at Finkenstein in East Prussia for six weeks beginning in the month of April. "Soon after, he wrote to Marie: 'I would like to see you...It's up to you...Never doubt my feelings for you...' Then on 5 April: 'Would you really be willing to brave the discomfort of the journey? I will see you with the greatest delight, as you can well imagine...I kiss your beautiful hands and your charming mouth. Napole.' " pg 89 This six week period was probably the happiest time of Marie's life. It seems Napoleon genuinely wanted to marry Marie Walewska, but because of concerns of dynastic legitimacy, creating beneficial political alliances and no doubt the scandal that would be caused by marrying his mistress who bore him a child out of wedlock--Napoleon made other plans.

He is arguably the best general in history. He was also a great statesman , he made social and economic reforms( improved taxation , welfare, new national bank ect.) , fought corruption, allowed freedom of religion and treated Jewish people very well(not common at his time) but yeah his life choices aren't really the greatest.

​@@mariosmatzoros3553so he did one big mistake obviously 😂

Not really, he's like most people, gives in into the pleasures of the flesh.

Ofcourse he was not in love with her, but there was love. Just no to the degree of Desiree when Napoleon first met her or Josephine

oh yes, somebody like Napoleon would care to marry anyone just to make child legitimate unlikely to say mildly

One wonders. Thank you for watching.

lol

They had a boy named Alexandre.

It could be true, you know. LOL.

No it was Tsar Alexander, lmao

No, it was M. Bernadotte.

Western domination complex makes any west east nations marriage impossible they are too full of themselves they despise any smaller nation eastern of them 😂 Poles made polish Lithuanian union building european power that lasted hundreds years despite Poles having western mentally and being catholics and Lithuanians being of eastern orthodox mentality and much more Slavic at souls now Poles have idea to merge with Ukraine but sadly it won't work as Ukraine wants to be more western than polish nation so living in own inferiority complex instead of pride of own origin embracing eastern element it could work with Belarusian nation though if chechia was as big as Germany there would be their union in such way long ago there could be such of Italy with Romania if Romania wouldn't fear loosing own identity and treated as equal there could be such union between Greece and Armenia if religious differences were resolved there could be such between Poland and Russia if Russians weren't dumb and Poles stubborn

No he had three