No. 37 (2020): Empress Eugenia de Montijo: 100 years since the death of a universal Spanish woman

We wanted to dedicate this volume to the memory of Doña Eugenia de Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick (1826 - 1920), popularly known as Eugenia de Montijo, on the occasion of the centenary of the death of this illustrious Spanish woman who became Empress of France, after her marriage to Napoleon III (1808 - 1873). Empress consort, therefore, but also three times direct regent of the destinies of the Gallic nation and of all its overseas possessions, at critical moments for the homeland of her contemporaries Victor Hugo or Stendhal, and decisive for the configuration of Europe, during the time of the Second French Empire (1852 -1870).

Published: 2020-12-15

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