Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920) was the youngest daughter of the Count of Teba and niece of the Count of Montijo, whose name her father obtained and by which she is improperly known today. After her marriage to Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, she became Empress of the French until 1873. Full Name : María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick Title : Empress of the French Life at Court : From 1853 to 1870 Her father supported the French during the Napoleonic Wars and as such was an afrancesado Afrancesado was the name given to people who had collaborated with the French authorities during the occupation of Spain by Napoleon’s armies (1808-1814), unwelcome among the Spanish people and whose family was forced to seek refuge in Paris in 1834 at the time of the Carlist Wars.
